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Mpox is a viral disease that can be transmitted by close contact with skin lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials. Outside of very close contacts, it’s not very contagious and the risk of the virus spreading widely remains low.
We are not here to replace your current HR support, but to add value where we can. Currently we proactively support practices in a range of ways and respond to adhoc enquiries. We believe we can continue to offer you great learning opportunities and practical HR solutions that are relevant to your practice needs.
From 30 September 2024, the following insulins will no longer be available in Aotearoa New Zealand: Penmix30, Penmix50 and Mixtard30. NZSSD has issued recommendations for switching to alternative insulins.
A guide for clinical management of type 2 diabetes, including information from a variety of sources. The guide is intended to support nurses at all levels to develop their knowledge and clinical reasoning in diabetes care.
We have three full-time and two part-time staff in the nurse lead space across the Pinnacle network. They work as a team to support over 450 nurses (Waikato, Lakes, Taranaki, Tairāwhiti) with a key focus on growing and supporting our nursing kaimahi (staff).
These resources are provided to support practices in communicating their fee increase to patients. We have created posters (a short and long version) about fee increases in both PDF and Word formats, and a Facebook tile. Feel free to print and display the poster that best suits your practice and/or share the tile on Facebook if you have a Facebook page. To customise the posters, you should be able to add your logo using Word (for the Word documents), or a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat for the PDF.
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.
Waikato hepatitis protocol for management of pregnant woman, household contacts and babies born to HBsAg mothers.
Practices have been able to use the Annual Statement of GP Reasonable Fee Increases (Annual Statement) since it was first released in 2006. The Annual Statement for each year covers the period 1 July to 30 June. The Annual Statement applies only to the fees set by Interim and Low Cost Access practices. Very Low Cost Access Funded (VLCA) practices receive extra funding for their enrolled patient base and in return have to set their fees below or at a threshold set by Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand.
Quick guides to assist practices with identifying eligibility criteria and invoices that can be claimed. The Programmes section of the Pinnacle website remains the best source of detailed information on each programme.
Quick guides to assist practices with managing claims and providing assistance with understanding remittance reports