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.

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

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).

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss a new prostate cancer care pathway, FIT testing and colorectal symptoms, infrequent zoledronate from early menopause, and more.

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss empagliflozin and ketoacidosis, decision to fund fosfomycin in the community, latent autoimmune diabetes and more.

With the change to indici claiming for some services, the eligibililty criteria is automated wherever possible. Find out how to adding the patient’s domicile DHB to their enrolment page to ensure they are recognised as eligible.

Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss keratitis, syphilis, B12 and metformin, and more.