Are you in a leadership or management role in your practice? Are you interested in the opportunity to access leadership and management training through the University of Waikato? If so, we would appreciate your feedback on the preferred delivery approach of this training.

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.

Pinnacle 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.

This 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.

This is our main page for COVID-19 information. It contains the most recent and important updates. Please also see our resources section.

The purpose of the Waikato Support to Screening - cervical service is to provide targeted follow-up, community outreach and support to priority group women, and people with a cervix, who have barriers to accessing cervical screening.

In response to the voices of the network captured in the Pinnacle Workforce Survey 2023, Pinnacle would like to offer 41 registered health professionals from within the network an opportunity to upskill in mentoring and supervision. We invite you to register your interest before 5pm, Friday 26 July.

With the annual increase in funding for general practices falling well short of expectations, it’s difficult not to be cynical about the future of primary healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Some big changes are coming to the support the government is providing to manage the impact of COVID-19 in the community.

A recent study by the Centre for Health Systems and Technology at the University of Otago, commissioned by General Practice New Zealand, has revealed the urgent need to address unmet healthcare needs and variations in referral declined rates in New Zealand.