Bryan Betty

The College of GPs warns that sick workers needing medical certificates are adding to the pressure on already stretched general practices.

It said GPs had enough to do with winter illnesses and… Audio

GPs are warning that requests for medical certificates from sick workers and students are adding to the strain on general practices.

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs said schools and businesses… Audio

New Zealand is facing a serious shortage of GPs - many family doctors will be hitting retirement age over the next decade and we're not training enough to replace them.  Audio

Post-viral brain fog is causing forgetfulness, fuzziness, and fatigue for New Zealanders trying to return to work after Covid.

The Royal College of GPs says most symptoms should resolve within four… Audio

Doctors are warning new oral antiviral drugs, which have been dubbed a "game changer" when treating covid in vulnerable patients, will not be available to all who want them. The Government has secured… Audio

Asthmatics are being urged to make sure they get the flu vaccination this year. Dr Bryan Betty speaks to Jesse. Audio

The World Health Organisation warns smokers are up to 50 percent more likely to get seriously ill or die from the coronavirus than non-smokers.

Experts are hoping it will give people another reason… Audio

A leading doctor says it's highly likely Covid-19 could spread through the protest at Parliament, and the conditions are ripe for other diseases to spread too.

The protest anti-vaccination mandate… Audio

Rural communities could lose access to local medical services when Omicron hits.

Staffing is precarious in many small towns, and doctors, nurses and key admin staff will have to stop working if they… Audio

Anti-viral medications ordered by the government may not be available until after the peak of this outbreak - if they get approval.

Last year the government announced it had bought tens of thousands… Audio

Royal NZ College of GPs medical director Dr Bryan Betty has told Checkpoint of the approximately 5500 GPs around NZ he estimates there are less than 30 "antivax" doctors.

He said doctors are like… Video, Audio

The government's putting $10 million towards the development of a vaccine to help prevent strep throat, and in turn, rheumatic fever and subsequent heart disease.

The University of Auckland will lead… Audio

A family doctor in a disadvantaged part of Porirua, near Wellington, says a huge mobilisation is under way there to lift lagging Covid-19 vaccination rates.

The government yesterday released… Audio

How is the medical profession handling the fallout from a small group of health professionals who signed an open letter opposing the pfizer vaccine - and to what extent are people being influenced by… Audio

After a slower start Wellington's vaccination rollout has leaped ahead in recent weeks.

But clinicians want more resources to help fight the war against social media misinformation - particularly to… Audio

The Nurses Organisation says nurses who live with close contacts are being asked to turn up for work at Auckland's DHBs. The union says they're deeply concerned by a Ministry of Health exemption… Audio

Thousands of people need to get covid tests as the locations of interest balloon.

But not all GP surgeries are offering swabs - forcing people to swamp community testing centres, where they have… Video, Audio

A longer gap between the first and second Pfizer vaccine jabs looks increasingly likely.

The government is examining the case for changing the three-week delay between the two doses to up to eight… Audio

Hard on the heels of the Auckland mass vaccination plan, family doctors in Wellington also plan to step up their Covid-19 plans.

There have been complaints in parts of Wellington about delays and a… Audio