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Jo Scott-Jones talks about ways of increasing your income

A philosophy of care can be defined as the underlying theory or set of ideas that informs the values and choices that you use to help meet your patients’ needs

Jo Scott Jones has advice for health professionals when they become ill

Northland Kyle Eggleton on GP action needed to alleviate inequity

The Tongan Health Society is looking into opening a satellite general practice in Tonga, in a bid to improve the health of Tongan immigrants before they arrive in New Zealand

Anne-Thea McGill calls for the Government to subsidise whole foods and tax junk food to help scale back the obesity epidemic

Health Hawke’s Bay PHO chief executive Liz Stockley shares her thoughts in the New Zealand Doctor Primary Thinking series

Health Hawke’s Bay PHO chief executive Liz Stockley shares her thoughts in the New Zealand Doctor Primary Thinking series

Recalls, results and referrals: Three Rs that bring responsibility. Jo Scott-Jones discusses this

Waiting for the end-of-year tax returns to assess your business’s performance is too late. Jo Scott-Jones suggests a better approach

First, some assumptions. As 21st century doctors we have the privilege of working in a society where the scientific method is widely accepted as providing an indication of what is “true” and what is not. This is the basis of the social contract we have with our patients: we have the ability to filter out what is “true” and to share that with people.

It is hard to approach any colleague with advice on their clinical management, especially a senior one. Jo Scott-Jones suggests how to handle it

RNZCGP president Tim Malloy is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, “Primary Thinking”. In a telephone interview, Dr Malloy talks about strategies on how to change the perception of GPs in the health sector as specialists. He also says the career structure of GPs need to evolve in scope and activity to improve GP career pathways, as well as cal...

NZMA chair Mark Peterson is the latest to share his thoughts on primary care in the New Zealand Doctor podcast series, Primary Thinking

Jo Scott-Jones deliberates on how to raise obesity as an issue with patients who could benefit from some weight loss

Alliance contracting can be an unfamiliar model for those participating for the first time, as Jo Scott-Jones explains

All GPs have patients whose personality adds to the difficulty of providing care. Jo Scott-Jones offers some advice, not least to consider the wellbeing of your team

If a cost, even outside of the sphere of healthcare, is directly related to a patient’s disability, Jo Scott-Jones says it should be considered when making an allowance application

Jo Scott-Jones has some words of wisdom for health professionals taking their first plunge into the social media sea, and remembers a 40th birthday skinny dip

A first visit of a patient with medically unexplained symptoms requires treading a fine line on many fronts. Jo Scott-Jones navigates the pitfalls

Caregivers face many difficulties but, if they can develop awareness of how their reactions affect the patient, more helpful strategies are likely to result. Jo Scott-Jones finds animal analogies can get the message across