Family Planning is a specialist provider of clinical training for nurses, midwives and doctors offering online and in-person courses covering cervical screening, contraception, STIs and general sexual and reproductive health.
This is available training and not a compulsory requirement.
The Family Planning National Contraception Training Service will run online training in Contraception Counselling and online and practical training, Intra-uterine Contraception and Contraceptive Implants.
Family Planning online courses are now available and the NCTS Trainer and Assessor online course will be released in February 2021. Practical training commences from mid-February 2021. Please select the NCTS Training Pathway to follow the options available for training. The NCTS Trainer Pathway (if you've been selected to be a trainer by your DHB) is coming soon.
Family Planning has developed a suite of Frequently Asked Questions about the NCTS programme. If you are not currently wait-listed for training, contact your Funding and Planning Manager at your regional DHB, or submit your expression of interest.
If you are a doctor looking for specialist training in the family planning and reproductive health scope, this training is run by the New Zealand College of Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Family Planning's health promotion teams deliver courses on all aspects of sexual and reproductive health and relationships. They offer courses suitable for teachers and support staff, guidance counsellors, school nurses, carers, social workers, and others working with young people.
When you want to sign up for a course, you’ll be asked to create your own account. Next time you want to do a course with Family Planning, you'll just need to log in.
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.
Read morePathlab has recently received numerous STI specimens with the expiry date 25/02. This has caused the specimen to be rejected, resulting in a recollect of specimen for the patient. Please check expiry dates of current STI Molecular kits stock, discard or return any expired stock, and review the volume of kits ordered to minimise wastage.
Read moreThis programme provides funding for contraceptive consultation including administration of Depo Provera, and the insertion of contraceptive implants and IUDs to target populations. Vasectomies for priority men are funded under this programme.
View detailsPinnacle is a recertification programme provider partner for designated registered nurse prescribers in community health (RNPCH).