Dr Ben Hudson

Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of General Practice

MB BS(Newcastle UK) MRCGP, FRNZCGP

Email ben.hudson@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 364 3607

Research interests

Ben graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and completed GP training in the North East of England. He has worked as a GP in Lyttelton since 2005.

His research interests are in pain management in osteoarthritis, and risk communication.

Ben is the convenor for the trainee intern general practice attachment.

In addition to his academic and clinical roles, Ben is the clinical leader for education and a member of the clinical board at Pegasus Health.

2012

Nicola Laurie, MPH
A Pandemic and a pandemic vaccine. Primary care perspectives.
Supervisors: Cheryl Brunton and Ben Hudson

2017-18

Aaspreet Boparai
Topic: Motivators for integrated primary care between general practitioners and pharmacists
Supervisor: Dr Ben Hudson and Gareth Frew
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Trust

2016-17

Lalitha Mukundan
Topic: Assessment of acute chest pain in the community - A descriptive study of community cardiac troponin testing.
Supervisors: Dr Ben Hudson, Diane Bos, Dr Andrew Meads and Dr Martin Than
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Limited

2015-16

Sam Kennedy
Topic: Knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners and practice nurses to the Green Prescription Programme and Community Based Smoking Cessation programmes
Supervisors: Dr Ben Hudson and Dr Lynley Cook
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Trust

2014-15

Erika Stark
Topic: Decision Aids for Cardiovascular Risk Management in Primary Care
Supervisors: Pip Mason and Dr Ben Hudson
Sponsor: Pegasus Health (Charitable) Ltd

2013-14

Tim Wareing
Topic: Recording of alcohol consumption in general practice; how much do we know?
Supervisors: Ben Hudson, Kim Burgess (GP), Pip Mason
Sponsor: Pegasus Health

2012-13

Thomas Chima
Topic: Randomised controlled trial of a consultation-based decision aid for hip fracture prevention.
Supervisors: Ben Hudson, Pip Mason
Sponsor: Pegasus Health

2011-12

Georgie Allison
Topic: Development of a decision aid for patients with osteoporosis considering pharmacological fracture prevention.
Supervisors: Ben Hudson, Pip Mason
Sponsor: Pegasus Health

2010-11

Abby Zarifeh
Topic: How effective do patients expect preventive interventions to be?
Supervisor: Ben Hudson
Sponsor: Pegasus Health

2009-10

Dru Norriss
Topic: Efficiency and reach of community dietician services within Partnership Health Canterbury.
Supervisors: Ben Hudson, Pip Mason, Michael O’Dea, Jane Cartwright
Sponsor: Partnership Health Canterbury

2008-09

Meagan McLeod
Topic: Type 2 Diabetes: Barriers to and facilitators of appropriate insulin use in General Practice.
Supervisors: Ben Hudson & Maggie Wilson
Sponsor: Pegasus Health

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Publications

O'Brien, D. W., Norman, S., Grainger, R., Ellis, R., Hudson, B., Nakarada-Kordic, I., & Abbott, J. H. (2023). Exploring the current and future osteoarthritis health service delivery needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1573), 55-66. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Hagedoorn, N. N., Al-Busaidi, I., Bridgford, P., Gardiner, S. J., Walls, T., & Hudson, B. (2023). Longitudinal trends in community antibiotic consumption in the Waitaha Canterbury Region of Aotearoa New Zealand over 10 years (2012-2021): An observational study. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1571), 49-64. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Bagshaw, P., Potter, J. D., Hornblow, A., Hudson, B., Toop, L., Nicholls, M. G., Frampton, C., Bagshaw, S., Gauld, R., & Frizelle, F. (2023). Assessment of unmet secondary elective healthcare need: Itself in need of acute care in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1569), 7-10. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Pigden, A., Stokes, T., Crengle, S., Dowell, T., Hudson, B., Toop, L., McBain, L., … Atmore, C. (2022). Developing a national primary care research network: A qualitative study of stakeholder views. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC22081

Bidwell, S., Kennedy, L., Burke, M., Collier, L., & Hudson, B. (2022). Continuing professional development in the COVID-19 era: Evolution of the Pegasus Health Small Group model. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(3), 268-272. doi: 10.1071/HC21145

Journal - Research Article

Arnold, L., Whiteley, L., Hudson, B., McCombie, A., Coulter, G., Hegarty, J., & Eglinton, T. (2022). Evaluation of community-based CT abdomen for acute abdominal pain during COVID-19. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1557), 10-18. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., Hudson, B., Frew, G., Clark, J., Vincent, L., Abbott, J. H., … Grainger, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., & Stanley, J. (2022). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of two types of written information for people with knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 4, 100254. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100254

Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., Hudson, B., Frew, G., Clark, J., Vincent, L., Grainger, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., Abbott, J. H., & Briggs, A. (2022). Knee osteoarthritis and the knowledgeable, trustworthy pharmacist: Patient and pharmacist perceptions of community pharmacy-based education and support. Musculoskeletal Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/msc.1660

Journal - Research Article

Hudson, B., Williman, J. A., Stamp, L. K., Alchin, J. S., Hooper, G. J., Mangin, D., Lennox Thompson, B. F., & Toop, L. (2021). Nortriptyline for pain in knee osteoarthritis in general practice: A double blind randomised controlled trial. British Journal of General Practice, 71(708), e538-e546. doi: 10.3399/bjgp.2020.0797

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, G., Currie, O., Bidwell, S., Saeed, B., Dowell, A., Halim, A. A., Toop, L., Richardson, A., Savage, R., & Hudson, B. (2021). Empty waiting rooms: The New Zealand general practice experience with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1538), 89-101. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, G., Windner, Z., Bidwell, S., Currie, O., Dowell, A., Halim, A. A., Toop, L., Savage, R., Ranaweera, U., Beadel, H., & Hudson, B. (2021). 'Here to stay': Changes to prescribing medication in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(3), 222-230. doi: 10.1071/hc21035

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, G., Windner, Z., Bidwell, S., Dowell, A., Toop, L., Savage, R., & Hudson, B. (2021). Navigating the health system during COVID-19: Primary care perspectives on delayed patient care. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1546), 17-27. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Beadel, H., Halim, A., Bridgford, P., & Hudson, B. (2020). Lipid monitoring in a community cohort of people taking statins: Who is tested and is testing associated with subsequent alteration in therapy? New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1518), 54-63. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., Grainger, R., Hudson, B., Briggs, A. M., Abbott, J. H., & McKinlay, E. (2020). Stakeholder views about a novel consumer health resource for knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 2, 100058. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100058

Journal - Research Article

Stamp, L. K., Chapman, P., Hudson, B., Frampton, C., Hamilton, G., & Judd, A. (2019). The challenges of managing gout in primary care: Results of a best-practice audit. Australian Journal of General Practice, 48(9), 631-637. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-04-19-4909

Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., Thompson, B., Hudson, B., Grainger, R., McKinlay, E., & Abbott, J. H. (2018). Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: An exploration of patients' beliefs about. BMC Rheumatology, 2, 15. doi: 10.1186/s41927-018-0023-x

Journal - Research Article

Rolston, C. J., Conner, T. S., Stamp, L. K., Neha, T., Pitama, S., Fanning, N., … Hudson, B., Hegarty, R. M., & Treharne, G. J. (2018). Improving gout education from patients’ perspectives: A focus group study of Māori and Pākehā people with gout. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(3), 194-200. doi: 10.1071/HC18010

Journal - Research Article

Treharne, G. J., Richardson, A. C., Neha, T., Fanning, N., Janes, R., Hudson, B., … Pitama, S., & Stamp, L. K. (2018). Education preferences of people with gout: Exploring differences between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples from rural and urban locations. Arthritis Care & Research, 70(2), 260-267. doi: 10.1002/acr.23272

Journal - Research Article

Bagshaw, P., Bagshaw, S., Frampton, C., Gauld, R., Green, T., Harris, C., Hornblow, A., Hudson, B., … Toop, L. (2017). Pilot study of methods for assessing unmet secondary health care need in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1452), 23-38. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Christie, C., Bidwell, S., Copeland, A., & Hudson, B. (2017). Self-care of Canterbury general practitioners, nurse practitioners, practice nurses and community pharmacists. Journal of Primary Health Care, 9(4), 286-291. doi: 10.1071/HC17034

Journal - Research Article

Parker, J. E., Hudson, B., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2014). Influences on final year medical students' attitudes to general practice as a career. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6(1), 56-63.

Journal - Research Article

Hudson, B., Toop, L., Mangin, D., Brunton, C., Jennings, L., & Fletcher, L. (2013). Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: Risk of infection in primary healthcare workers. British Journal of General Practice, 63(611), e416-e422. doi: 10.3399/bjgp13X668212

Journal - Research Article

Sanders, A. D., Stevenson, C., Pearson, J., Burt, M., McGeoch, G., Hudson, B., & Eglinton, T. W. (2013). A novel pathway for investigation of colorectal symptoms with colonoscopy or computed tomography colonography. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1382). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Arroll, B., Allan, G. M., Elley, C. R., Kenealy, T., McCormack, J., Hudson, B., & Hoare, K. (2012). Diagnosis in primary care: Probabilistic reasoning. Journal of Primary Health Care, 4(2), 166-173.

Journal - Research Article

Hudson, B., Zarifeh, A., Young, L., & Wells, J. E. (2012). Patients' expectations of screening and preventive treatments. Annals of Family Medicine, 10(6), 495-502. doi: 10.1370/afm.1407

Journal - Research Article

Hudson, B., Toop, L., Mangin, D., & Pearson, J. (2011). Risk communication methods in hip fracture prevention: A randomised trial in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 61(589), e469-e476. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X588439

Journal - Research Article

Journal - Research Other

Abbott, J. H., Keenan, R., Billing-Bullen, G., Pask, A., O'Brien, D., Hudson, B., & Darlow, B. (2022). Most people waiting for osteoarthritis care never get it: It's time to try a different approach [Guest]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(2), 93-95. doi: 10.1071/HC22063

Journal - Research Other

Aindow, S., Crossin, R., Toop, L., & Hudson, B. (2021). Managing the misuse potential and risk of psychological harm from gabapentinoids in primary care in New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(4), 302-307. doi: 10.1071/hc21011

Journal - Research Other

Gardiner, S. J., Duffy, E. J., Chambers, S. T., Thomas, M. G., Addidle, M., Arnold, B., … Balm, M. N. D., … Berger, S., … Birch, M., Blackmore, T. K., Bloomfield, M., … Bupha-Intr, O., … Campbell, C., Chin, P. K. L., Dalton, S. C., … Douglas, N. M., … Elvy, J., Everts, R., … Hudson, B., … Isenman, H., Issa, M., Kelly, M. J., Li, C., … Maze, M., Metcalf, S. C. L., McCall, C., Murdoch, D., … Pithie, A., Raymond, N., … Ussher, J. E., … Walls, T., & Yew, H. S. (2021). Antimicrobial stewardship in human healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand: Urgent call for national leadership and co-ordinated efforts to preserve antimicrobial effectiveness. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1544), 113-128. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Hudson, B., Pitama, S., McBain, L., Robson, B., Stokes, T., Baxter, J., & Crampton, P. (2021). A brief response to Hawkins: A call for socially responsive research in Māori health. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(3), 204. doi: 10.1071/hc21094

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D., Addidle, M., Andersson, H.-S., Arnold, B., Balm, M., Benschop, J., … Birch, M., … Brunton, C., … Chambers, S., … Dalton, S., … Everts, R., … Freeman, J., French, N., … Hudson, B., … Ikram, R., Jack, S., Kelly, M., Lamont, I., Maze, M. J., … Metcalf, S., … Murton, S., … Pink, R., Pithie, A., … Priest, P., Raymond, N., … Taylor, J., … Upton, A., Ussher, J., Werno, A., & Wiles, S. (2020). Politicians: Please work together to minimise the spread of COVID-19. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1511), 7-8. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Lunt, H., & Hudson, B. (2017). Metformin: A golden oldie. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1465), 9-11. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Hudson, B., Williman, J. A., Stamp, L. K., Alchin, J. S., Hooper, G. J., Mangin, D., Thompson, B. F., & Toop, L. (2015). Nortriptyline in knee osteoarthritis (NortIKA Study): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16, 448. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0961-1

Journal - Research Other

Hoffmann, T. C., Légaré, F., Simmons, M. B., McNamara, K., McCaffery, K., Trevena, L. J., Hudson, B., & Glaszlou, P. P. (2014). Shared decision making: What do clinicians need to know and why should they bother? Medical Journal of Australia, 201(1), 35-39. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00002

Journal - Research Other

Hudson, B. (2012). Lower urinary tract symptoms and PSA testing. Journal of Primary Health Care, 4(4), 349-350. [Letter].

Journal - Research Other

Hudson, B., Alderton, A., Doocey, C., Nicholson, D., Toop, L., & Day, A. S. (2012). Crying and spilling: Time to stop the overmedicalisation of normal infant behaviour. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1367). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Mangin, D., Hudson, B., & Toop, L. (2012). Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: Letting the genie out of the bottle? New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1364). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Hudson, B. (2010). Vitamin B-12 deficiency. BMJ, 340, c2305. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2305

Journal - Research Other

Hudson, B. (2009). Tyneside to New Zealand [Essay]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 1(2), 154-155.

Journal - Research Other

Bagshaw, P., & Hudson, B. (2018). Unmet health-care need. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(2), 179-180. doi: 10.1071/HC18009

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Hudson, B. (2012). A paucity of supporting evidence. BMJ, 345, e5377. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5377

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Hudson, B. (2010). Information v promotion [Letter]. BMJ, 341, c6650. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c6650

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Hudson, B. (2010). Vitamin-B12-mangel. Praxis, 99(23), 1435-1436. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000315

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Hudson, B., Rodgers, D., Scott-Jones, J., & White, P. (2019). The RNZCGP Research and Education Charitable Trust (RECT) [Workshop]. Proceedings of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Annual Conference. Retrieved from http://www.generalpractice.org.nz/gp19