ArticlePeoplePractices
5 July 2023
Pinnacle supports calls for third medical school based in Waikato
Pinnacle supports and is excited by the potential establishment of a third medical school through Waikato University.
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ArticlePracticesAdvocacy
23 May 2023
Vicarious liability: implications for general practice
Dr Jo Scott-Jones, medical director, highlights an upcoming Medical Protection Society webinar, and also comments on the Supreme Court’s rejection of a GP's appeal in a case of vicarious liability.
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ArticlePeoplePractices
16 May 2023
Pinnacle workforce survey now live
Since 2009 when we held the last full Pinnacle workforce survey, the primary care landscape has changed considerably. Now more than ever, your responses will help us better understand the complexities faced in primary care today, and how our services can best meet the people we serve into the future.
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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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ArticlePeoplePractices
7 December 2022
Nightmare server crash has a silver lining
One Saturday morning, the server at Dallas Clinic in Morrinsville unexpectedly crashed, including the backup system. The practice lost all its data from the previous two days. The response from the clinic team and their IT provider was phenomenal.
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ArticlePracticesPreventative care
3 August 2022
Waikato MMR lists going to Healthlink folder
Where possible, we encourage practices to keep MMR immunisation a priority in conjunction with other timely vaccinations for influenza and COVID-19. To support practices with this, data lists of children with less than two recorded MMR’s on the National Immunisation Record have been made available to all practices today.
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ArticlePracticesInfection control
27 July 2022
Put plans into effect – winter is here, and not for the first time!
Initially published by NZ Doctor, Jo Scott-Jones discusses what you can do to reduce the number of phone calls, prescriptions and consultations for respiratory illnesses this winter.
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ArticlePracticesAdvocacy
23 May 2022
The benefits are massive: Why nurse prescribers are the way of the future
Applications for the next annual Midlands Collaborative Registered Nurse Prescribing in Community Health (RNPCH) programme are now open.
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