ArticlePeopleAdvocacy
11 May 2023
International Nurses Day 2023
On Friday 12 May we celebrate nurses across the globe as we remember the pioneer of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, and her legacy.
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ArticlePreventative care
8 May 2023
Collaboration with Plunket boosts Waikato immunisation outreach
A pilot collaboration has highlighted the power of working together to provide more responsive services that better engage families around childhood vaccination.
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ArticleFunding
3 May 2023
Update: Equity adjustment to capitation begins rollout this month
This month Te Whatu Ora begins implementing targeted investment for primary care to help address under-funding for Māori and Pacific providers and enable them to continue delivering services more equitably for Māori and Pacific populations.
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ArticleAdvocacyLeadership
26 April 2023
Budget 22 funding for primary care a good start but other issues remain, says Pinnacle CEO
Pinnacle Midlands Health Network looks set to receive around $1.25m from $44 million funding boost announced Wednesday (April 26) to strengthen primary, community and rural care.
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ArticlePeopleAdvocacy
5 April 2023
An open letter to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Pinnacle has sent an open letter to Paul Goulter and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation requesting stronger representation of primary care nurses working in general practice in Te Whatu Ora multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) bargaining negotiations.
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ArticlePeopleMedication
27 March 2023
Lightbulb moments: Talking About Medicines recognised with national award
A ‘passion project’ created and self-funded by Waikato clinical pharmacist Fiona McNabb to help people better understand how and why their medicines work won the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists Association (NZHPA) Max Health award in late 2022.
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ArticlePeople
22 February 2023
Pinnacle MHN an excellence HR award finalist
We are excited to share that Pinnacle Midlands Health Network has been nominated as a finalist in the Human Resource Director (HRD) excellence awards in the Employer of Choice category.
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ArticlePeoplePractices
24 January 2023
Tairāwhiti GPs discover the benefits of speed dating
In mid-November 2022 a group of Tairāwhiti clinicians gathered in a room at the local fishing club for a night of speed-dating – but not in the way you’re thinking.
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