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Read moreKathy joined Pinnacle earlier this month as clinical diabetes specialist for Waikato, replacing the role previously held by Anne Waterman.
Read morePinnacle has recently welcomed Dwayne Tamatea (known to us all as Tama) as the new practice network lead for Taranaki.
Read moreAsthma Waikato is looking into creating an online spirometry course to replace or supplement their current in-person spirometry course and have put together a quick three question survey.
Read moreFrom Monday 1 March, Waikato GPs will be able to order a chest x-ray from contracted private providers via eReferral.
Read moreApplications for the voluntary bonding scheme are open until 31 March. This Ministry of Health funding provides support for eligible and newly qualified health professionals working in our teaching practices (excluding urban Hamilton) and is designed to attract and retain essential health professionals in the areas that need them most.
Read moreMany young people missed out on immunisations to protect them from measles, mumps and rubella immunisation as children. During 2020-21 there is a national catch-up campaign to ensure our community is protected against these diseases.
Read moreThe February HealthShare eReferrals update has been released. This details the two new emergency eReferral options to be used for acute patient presentations requiring assessment through hospital specialties and replacing paper-based referrals.
Read moreAs part of our ongoing emergency preparedness planning, Pinnacle has upgraded our text message notification system. On Friday 12 February we will send a test text message to the nominated emergency contacts for each practice. The message will ask you to reply Y, to confirm you have successfully received the message. We will follow up with practices who do not reply, to ensure we have the correct emergency contacts on file.
Read moreThe clinical reference group for the New Zealand Child and Youth Eczema Clinical Network has developed a survey to get feedback on nurses’ education needs nationally in relation to child and youth eczema, and options on the delivery of eczema education.
Read moreThe Patient Experience Survey weeks begin Monday 8 February, with patients over the next two weeks being invited for the survey. The survey will go out to these patients on Wednesday 24 February and will remain open until Friday 19 March.
Read moreGoodfellow Unit has released a list of their latest webinars and online workshops for February-March.
View eventThe Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and Pinnacle are hosting Taranaki Equally Well, where Dr Jo Scott-Jones will outline Equally Well principles followed by small group brainstorming – clinical applications for general practice.
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Ipsos, the provider of the Patient Experience Survey (PES), are offering an online training session via Zoom on the PES reporting and data portals on Wednesday 10 February 12.30–1.30pm.
The Ministry of Health has indicated that in the event of a local outbreak or Alert Level 3 / 4 then N95 masks are recommended for clinicians to use.
In this informative 12 minute clip, Dr Rawiri Jansen and clinical immunologists Dr Anthony Jordan and Dr Maia Brewerton explore why some people are nervous about COVID-19.
Instructions on how to ensure claims have not already been paid or are requiring completion for unpaid claims.