Clayton Kohatu (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga and Ngāti Maniapoto) is clearly driven by his kaupapa, and it’s that kaupapa that brings him to our Pinnacle waka as the new network lead for Tairāwhiti.

Join our next intake for Practice Plus, so you can offer your patients an extended after-hours service with a trusted virtual provider. Reduce the demand on your workforce at no cost to your practice!

Pinnacle chief executive Helen Parker has given the Board early notice that she will be moving to France in mid-September 2022. 

Registrations of interest are now open for community representatives on the Midlands Regional Health Network Charitable Trust Board.

Sue van Mierlo is a nurse practitioner working as part of the Lakes Extended Care Team. In her role she supports people to self-manage long-term conditions and diseases, including managing diabetes. A large number of her clients are Māori.

Pinnacle is partnering with Waikato University, Hauraki and ProCare PHOs to explore inequities in prescribing for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in primary care. Please OPT OUT before 8 April 2022 if you do not want your practice data included in the study.

On a mission to reduce barriers to healthcare for rangatahi in low-decile schools, clinicians in the Waikato SBHS are using a collaborative care model that is improving health outcomes and engagement for students and their whānau.

Foundation Standards are the minimum standard all practices need to meet to ensure that they are eligible for capitation. It is also now being used nationally to enable other services such as maternity, COVID-19 vaccination and access to shared IT systems such as CCCM.

Pinnacle’s growing mātanga tapuhi nurse practitioner and nurse prescriber workforce is having a significant impact across the network, relieving pressure on GPs, providing patients with greater access to healthcare, and reducing acute calls and hospital admissions.

From Tairāwhiti to Taupō and across to Taranaki, Pinnacle Extended Care Teams are experiencing increased referral demand and growing support from general practices.