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Important news & updates from Pinnacle

Physician associates reshaping care in rural Waikato
Pinnacle Incorporated | 17/06/2025

In a rural Waikato town, four physician associates (PAs) are helping reshape what’s possible in general practice, and what it means to serve a community.

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Practices People Models of care
Professional supervision short course, places available
Pinnacle Incorporated | 18/06/2025

In response to the voices of the network captured in the Pinnacle Workforce Survey 2023, Pinnacle would like to offer funded places for registered health professionals from within the network to have a further opportunity to upskill in professional supervision using a strength-based approach. This is not clinical supervision.

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Education
Funded papers towards a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Health Science (Health Leadership and Management)
Pinnacle Incorporated | 18/06/2025

Pinnacle MHN and the University of Waikato have co-designed papers towards a postgraduate certificate (PGCert) in health sciences (Health Leadership and Management). The programme will focus on the primary care setting and is jointly delivered by Waikato Management School and the Division of Health.

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Education
Budget 2025 offers limited relief for primary care
Justin Butcher | 22/05/2025

Following the pre-Budget announcement on rural and after-hours care, and the plethora of wide ranging workforce initiatives announced several months ago, Budget 2025 has fallen somewhat short for primary care. While we hoped for more, this year’s ‘fiscally restrained’ budget, is aptly named.

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PIN POINTS

Clinical & management notices from the sector

GLP1ra update – Trulicity now available again for new prescriptions
Taranaki | Waikato | Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Clinical | 25/06/2025

Both dulaglutide (Trulicity™) and Liraglutide (Victoza™) can be initiated for new patients who meet the special authority criteria from 1st July 2025.

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Te Whatu Ora clarification of measles guidance for frontline healthcare services
Taranaki | Waikato | Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Clinical | Management | 19/06/2025

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has provided further clarification of guidance for frontline healthcare services regarding testing of people presenting with symptoms consistent with measles. This guidance is applicable at all times, including during an outbreak.

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Expression of interest: Aotearoa New Zealand Immunisation Conference 2025
Taranaki | Waikato | Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Clinical | Management | 18/06/2025

Are you passionate about immunisation and keen to stay at the forefront of best practice? The Nursing Director and Nurse Lead team at Pinnacle MHN invite you to express your interest in attending the Aotearoa New Zealand Immunisation Conference 2025, held at Wintec City Campus, Hamilton on 4–5 September 2025.

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Pathlab: Reporting of referral laboratory name
Waikato | Lakes | Clinical | 17/06/2025

Pathlab adheres to ISO Standard 15189:2022, ensuring quality and competence in their laboratories. Recent changes now require laboratories to include the name of any referral laboratory involved in testing. To meet this requirement, Pathlab plans to upgrade their result messaging to HL7 2.4, which allows them to include the referral laboratory’s name in reports sent to practice management systems. In the meantime, practices receiving results via HL7 2.1 messaging are considered to have agreed to receive results without the referral laboratory's name.

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NZSSD: Applications open for professional development award and RN prescribing development grant
Taranaki | Waikato | Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Clinical | 17/06/2025

The New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) is accepting applications for grants supporting professional and prescribing development in diabetes care. These include the Professional Development Award (closing 31 July), the Registered Nurse Prescribing Development Grant 1 for Semester 2 (closing 4 July), and the Registered Nurse Prescribing Development Grant 2 for Nurse Practitioner Practicum (open year-round).

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Pinnacle nursing conference 2025: Get to know Carey Campbell
Taranaki | Waikato | Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Clinical | Management | 12/06/2025

Introducing Carey Campbell, Clinical Director, McCrae Tech, who will be speaking at our Pinnacle nursing conference on Saturday 11 October at our Kirikiriroa Hamilton office. Read about Carey in her bio.

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Te Whatu Ora Health NZ service access and winter key messaging
Taranaki | Waikato | Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Clinical | 05/06/2025

This month Te Whatu Ora will launch the next phase of its service access campaign to improve access to health advice and care and to help manage the impact of respiratory illnesses on the health sector over the winter period. The public messaging will focus on encouraging people to access the right services for them and stay home when sick, and supporting referrals for the healthy homes initiative for those who are eligible.

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New clinical triage online eLearning resources
Taranaki | Waikato | Tairāwhiti | Lakes | Clinical | 05/06/2025

This month, Collaborative Aotearoa has launched two of its three new eLearning modules focused on call handling and clinical triage, designed for call handlers and clinicians working in general practice. These courses are accessible on Collaborative Aotearoa's learning management system.

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Improving childhood immunisation rates: Extended immunisation services
Waikato | Clinical | 04/06/2025

The provision of extended immunisation services is part of the kaupapa to improve childhood immunisation rates by offering services at a time that suit whānau who cannot attend during regular practice hours. These practices will offer childhood immunisations to both enrolled and non-enrolled whānau. Whānau are encouraged to contact these clinics directly to enquire about attending as booking in advance is preferable, however they will also accept walk ins.

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EVENTS

Professional development opportunities

Foundation Standard 'walk-in' online session
Date: 02 July 2025
Audience: GP | Nurse | Nurse practitioner | Practice/business manager | Primary care assistant | Administrator

An opportunity to bring any questions you might have around individual indicators and what is needed to meet them. It'll also be an opportunity to learn from other Pinnacle practice colleagues and Pinnacle staff.

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PSAAP update webinar sessions: what it means for your practice
Date: 03 July 2025
Audience: GP | Nurse | Practice/business manager

The PSAAP negotiations are due to be completed by Monday 23 June. We’re hosting two sessions for the network to walk through the changes and what they mean.

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New Plymouth training session for the ACC GP/NP MRI service
Date: 15 July 2025
Audience: GP | Nurse practitioner

The ACC MRI pathways support GPs and nurse practitioners to make direct referrals for MRIs, for patients who have had a course of active physiotherapy.

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RESOURCES

Useful links, documents and resources

End of Life Choice Act 2019
Published: 27/06/2025 | 7 files | 1 link | Document | Website

Since November 2021 people have been able to request an assessment and if eligible receive an assisted death. Every practice needs to be prepared for this conversation. 

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Quality Improvement Programme (QIP)
Published: 25/06/2025 | 14 files

The Quality Improvement Programme (QI Programme) launched 1 July 2024. The programme will be rolled out over three years, with year one focusing on building Quality Improvement capability in general practice.

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Rural health and the Regional Rural Advisory Group
Published: 24/06/2025 | 1 file | 2 links | Website

Pinnacle’s RRAG brings the voice of rural teams, GPs, nurse practitioners into the governance of resources provided to help address the needs of our rural communities.

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