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The 2026 Influenza Immunisation programme begins Wednesday 1 April. Te Whatu Ora asks vaccinators to focus on immunising people eligible for a funded vaccine. Read all flu vaccination need-to-know information here.
View resourceAotearoa New Zealand is changing its diagnostic threshold for diabetes from 1 July 2026 to align with WHO guidance and international definitions. This is expected to move a small number of people currently classified as having prediabetes into the diabetes category. Across the Pinnacle network, this could affect approximately 295 people. We wanted to give practices early notice and share some initial guidance, including FAQs. Te Whatu Ora Health NZ is expected to issue a national announcement ahead of 1 July, along with supporting resources, which we will share as they become available.
Two training arm for practising IV cannulation is available exclusively for Pinnacle network practice clinical staff.
This page holds resources to support training and delivery of the B4 School Check in Waikato.
A new suite of population health and wellbeing resources have been developed to support general practice and district teams. These reports bring together district insights, data and practical considerations to help inform planning, service development and equity-focused improvement.
We’ve enhanced the network performance dashboard in Power BI to better support how practices work. These updates were co-designed with practices, and refined through user acceptance testing, to ensure they reflect real practice needs. They bring a clearer view of your data into one place, helping reduce the need to build separate queries.
View resourceThe Trust has established a facility development fund specifically to provide support in the form of grants for practices in the network that are investing in new buildings or upgrading their practice facilities.
This month Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss measles (clinical signs and testing), NSAID safety in chronic kidney disease, methotrexate prescribing best practice, updates on disability allowance for special foods and CGMs, and more.
Since 2008, the Pinnacle New Graduate Nurse Programme has helped practices support new graduate nurses with funding, workshops, and peer support. In 2025, a key change was introduced with the launch of a new national funding stream from Te Whatu Ora, aimed at supporting up to 400 graduate registered nurses across primary care, community, and rural health settings.
Legislation is currently being amended to allow prescribers to in certain circumstances prescribe 12-months of medication. Prescribers will be responsible for determining the clinically appropriate prescription length and can prescribe for shorter periods or longer periods of time. It is expected the legislation and IT systems (such as PMS and pharmacy systems) are coming into effect on 1 February 2026.