MSD want to work alongside health and disability practitioners to improve opportunities for people now and in the future. Rather than focus on what a person can't do, MSD look at what they can do. MSD will work with providers to get people back to work when they're able.

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss prescribing testosterone, medical tourism and ACC treatment injury cover, patient access to their clinical records, and more.

Pinnacle has partnered with NZ Shores to offer a streamlined recruitment and immigration service for general practices across our network. NZ Shores is a specialist immigration and recruitment agency that assists employers and skilled migrants in navigating New Zealand’s immigration system, bringing a smooth and compliant process for hiring internationally trained professionals.

This export includes the service utilisation and clinical event data. This data is a requirement of the PHO agreement and is used for a small number of practices to populate their quality reporting data.

Pinnacle has a Support to Screening referral service in Waikato. The purpose is to provide targeted follow-up, community outreach and support to priority group wāhine, and people with a cervix, who have barriers to accessing cervical screening.

National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) screening updates.

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss Measles and SSPE, lymphocytosis, preliminary notice of death, and more.

Approximately 20% of all calls for an ambulance come from a facility with clinically trained staff, such as a medical centre or aged care facility. If the patient has already been assessed by a doctor or a nurse, the caller is asked questions that are quite different (and smaller in number) than when the caller is a member of the public.