The New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine (NZGSM) at the University of Waikato is inviting clinicians to apply for a range of new leadership roles. Positions can be undertaken face-to-face, online, or in a hybrid format, offering flexibility alongside clinical practice. NZGSM is especially keen to build a leadership team that reflects the diverse clinical expertise found across the motu.

The recent Te Whatu Ora webinar on capitation reweighting outlined progress toward an updated capitation formula that better reflects the real needs of communities. The webinar recording, slides and Q&A summary are now available.

A reminder practices should not send patients with suspected measles to community collection labs for testing. If a patient with possible measles presents to your practice, please complete the testing on-site in accordance with current guidelines, and notify the Ministry of Health of any suspected cases.

Bay of Plenty/Waikato Faculty of RNZCGP invites all GPs (including non-faculty members) and GP registrars in the GPEP programme (years 1-3) to register for collegial support service – Ka Hono.

Ngā Manukura is a clinical leadership programme for Māori nurses and midwives. To date, thirty-six cohorts are either in progress or have completed the programme. Enrolments are open for 2026 cohorts, with 25 places available in each, for those who meet the criteria.

Te Whatu Ora has updated guidance for administering the Shingrix vaccine due to potential overfill and inconsistencies between the package insert and datasheet. Please follow the new reconstitution and administration steps, and share with vaccinating colleagues.

Work and Income is seeking medical, nurse, and allied health practitioners to support their mahi. Flexible roles are available for designated health practitioners and Medical Appeal Board members.

This is a one-off grant is for primary care nurses working in general practitioner and nurse practitioner practices, schools and other primary care settings to build their knowledge and skills in mental health and addiction.

From 1 December 2025, Pharmac will remove Special Authority renewal requirements for several treatments, including insulin pump consumables, continuous glucose monitors, LAMA/LABA inhalers, epoetin alfa, budesonide capsules, and febuxostat.

Te Whatu Ora is streamlining how general practice holiday hours are collected by working with Healthpoint. Please update your Healthpoint listing with accurate Christmas and New Year opening hours before 1 December 2025.