Youth aged 15 to 30 are the focus of a new measles immunisation campaign which encourages young people to get protected from the serious and extremely infectious disease.

Midlands Region Community Health Pathways is moving to a mobile friendly version (PDF), with a soft launch on 22 October 2020 and the full launch in mid-November.

#MedSafetyWeek is a social media campaign promoted by Medsafe that raises awareness of adverse drug reactions and encourages the reporting of side effects to medications.

Many young people missed out on immunisations to protect them from measles, mumps and rubella immunisation as children. During 2020-21 there is a national catch-up campaign to ensure our community is protected against these diseases.

Kath Holmes will be speaking at our Pinnacle nursing conference on 28 November at our Hamilton office. Read more about Kath in her bio.

Pfizer New Zealand wishes to advise that NORIMIN 28 Day tablets and BREVINOR-1® 28 Day tablets are currently out of stock.

Lakes DHB’s Transport Service will be undergoing a change in provider for the Rotorua centric provision of the service.

The October 1 edition is now available online.

PMS changes have been made in relation to the immunisation schedule changes on 1 October.

A September/October primary care update from the Ministry of Health.