After nearly 32 years of network leadership Dr Frank Cullen stood down from the executive committee at the AGM held last week.

Pinnacle CEO Helen Parker blogs on ensuring thriving, not just surviving, general practice.

2020 is of the year of the nurse and midwife, so naturally there is a lot of activity going on at Pinnacle. Jan Adams, nursing director summarises the activity going on – with our upcoming nursing conference of course taking the prime talking spot!

We are pleased to confirm that Katy and Sam Smith will be joining the Taranaki locality team from Monday 16 November. Katy and Sam will be sharing the GP liaison and locum role, which means there will be no break in the locum service for Taranaki.

Over the past few months we have been developing the Pinnacle Group strategy by doing a lot of listening, both within the Pinnacle network and also with other providers, agencies and iwi.

As I go around the network I meet people who are doing great things in their practice, that need to be shared more widely across the network. What are your colleagues doing across our four districts? I

Liza has been a GP for over 15 years, initially in the North of England and now in Gisborne, New Zealand. She's recently joined Pinnacle MHN as GP liaison for Tairāwhiti.

We are delighted to announce that Christine Hall has been appointed as chief executive for Ventures.

2020 has been designated as the year of the nurse and the midwife by the World Health Organization, and Pinnacle is very keen to support this.

Pinnacle CEO Helen Parker blogs on why she's advocating for a health service restucture.