A new Extended Care Paramedic (ECP) initiative has been launched in Northern Coromandel in response to community-identified health needs developed through locality planning and partnerships.
Read morePinnacle was a prominent contributor to the RNZCGP conference participating in several presentations and panel discussions. Congratulations to Dr Dave Maplesden on his Distinguished Fellowship and to Dr Hayley Scott who received the Eric Elder Medal.
Read moreThis week we are announcing a strategic partnership between Pinnacle Incorporated and K'aute Pasifika, forming a new venture named Fatu Lalaga. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in our shared commitment to provide excellent and equitable healthcare for Pacific, Māori, and priority populations.
Read moreFunding of continuous glucose monitoring and automated insulin delivery begins on 1 October. The Waikato Regional Diabetes Service will take the lead in supporting whānau with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) with this change. Not all people living with T1D are known to the regional diabetes service. In order to re-engage these whānau with the funded technology, please do a query build of your patients with T1D so they can be informed of the localities of drop in clinics and CGM start education.
Te Whatu Ora acknowledge primary care efforts to immunise your practice population in the face of significant workforce challenges and community resistance and mistrust post-covid. Read the latest immunisation in general practice update (30 August) here.
Read moreTe Whatu Ora has received notice of further industrial action by members of the APEX union. This means that MRI and Nuclear Medicine Technologists will be undertaking further work to rule action, from 6am, Thursday 12 September to 6am, Saturday 21 September.
Read moreThere is a New Zealand-wide shortage of extended-release methylphenidate, both Concerta and Methylphenidate ER - Teva brands.
Read moreKa Hono is a collegial support service facilitated by the Bay of Plenty / Waikato faculty of RNZCGP. It is open to all GPs (including non-faculty members) and all GP registrars in the GPEP program (years 1-3).
Read moreSmall group clinical education for primary care clinicians on topics that are engaging, relevant and strategically important to the Aotearoa NZ health system. The programme runs exclusively online via Zoom and covers 5 topics across a 12-month period. Upcoming topics include frailty and legacy prescribing, menopause and chronic kidney disease.
Read moreRead the latest clinical updates for Taranaki including an alert regarding the notification of six confirmed cases of pertussis across the district in the last two weeks.
Read moreNew guidance, approved by the Director of the National Public Health Service, introduces the upper age limit of 2 years for the Pre-call and Recall initiative payment for 6-week immunisations.
Read moreEffective Monday 9 September, Pathlab will be working in accordance with the 2016 British Andrology Society laboratory guidelines for post-vasectomy semen analysis. This will see a change to only performing a direct microscopy and proceed with a sperm count when only non-motile sperm are seen.
Read moreA workshop on prescribing gender-affirming hormone therapy to adults 18+ in primary care. This workshop is part of Qtopia and PATHA's primary care training programme, and follows the 'Primary care gender affirming hormone therapy initiation guidelines'.
View eventThe clinical leaders' course is for medical specialists or senior registrars wishing to achieve positions of greater responsibility through developing their leadership skills, increasing their system influence and growing a trusted network of peers.
View eventA foundation workshop on gender diversity and gender affirming care in primary care. This workshop is part of Qtopia and PATHA's primary care training programme and is open to anyone working in primary care.
View eventFind out how you can get help if you’ve been affected by an online scam or incident, why being safe online is so important, and how you can keep your business secure online.
Education providers and funding information for nursing education.
By developing new roles, we are able to re-allocate tasks that might otherwise be done by GPs and nursing staff.