Pinnacle’s Regional Rural Advisory Group (RRAG) brings the voice of rural teams, GPs, nurse practitioners into the governance of resources specifically provided to help address the needs of our rural communities.
Rural health accounts for 30 per cent of the Pinnacle general practice network with our 30 rural practices looking after the needs of approximately 131,000 people, of which:
Rural communities face specific problems due to “the tyranny of distance”. Access is the rural issue – access to services, access to diagnostics, access to secondary care support, access to locums, access to continuing professional development.
Learn about our rural healthcare goals on the Pinnacle strategy microsite, see the link below.
The RRAG meets regularly with our Te Whatu Ora partners in the Rural Service Level Alliance Team, and links into Hauora Taiwhenua and national advocacy through Dr Jeremey Webber.
The current members are:
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