❍ Field Notes
Field Notes
Short essays, things I've been thinking about, occasional rants from the consult room.
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Notes on the obesity question in NZ
A working GP between population and clinic, in the year GLP-1s went from rare to routine.
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What patients bring back from the naturopath
A field guide to the tests, the supplements, the worldviews — and what to actually do in clinic.
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Notes on the lonely elderly patient
Where the medical, the legal, and the philosophical all meet — and what working GPs are left holding.
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Thoughts on the NZ diabetes guidelines (2026)
What's actually changed since 2021, and what to keep close at hand in clinic.
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Notes on health data, after MMH and MediMap
Two breaches in two months, one regulatory regime, and a hard look at the trust we extend to private platforms.
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ACC's contested edges
A working GP reading the lines that ACC draws — and three case histories showing where they fall.