The cybersecurity attack on the Waikato DHB and the weather bombs hitting our shores earlier this week are perfect reminders that unplanned events could happen to any of us.

Te Awamutu Medical Centre is helping to pioneer the use of physician associates in New Zealand general practice. They share their experiences with us.

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.

Thriving general practice is our priority. To help achieve this we are making changes to the way we support practices.

As part of the enrolment process we advise practices to complete a quarterly enrolment self-audit of their practice register. This will ensure you are well placed in the event of an enrolment audit by the Ministry of Health.