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The latest news, stories and updates from across Pinnacle and our network, including blogs and reflections on primary care and community health.

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Annual Performance Report 2023–2024
Article

12 November 2024

Annual Performance Report 2023–2024

This annual performance report reflects on the progress of our strategic goals and performance against key system level and organisational measures during the year.

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Getting on top of diabetes
ArticleDiabetes

11 November 2024

Getting on top of diabetes

It’s the old adage – strength in numbers always beats doing it on your own and that has proven true for the self-formed Waikato Diabetes Community Team.

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Introducing Bronwyn Dennis, kaimanaaki Waikato
ArticleEquityPeople

6 November 2024

Introducing Bronwyn Dennis, kaimanaaki Waikato

Bronwyn Dennis, kaimanaaki Waikato, joined Pinnacle in March 2024. This role is designed to be a navigator of manaakitanga, building trusting relationships with iwi, mana whenua and whānau and is modelled on aroha, values and respect.

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Do it yourself test proves a game changer
ArticleWomen's healthPreventative care

3 November 2024

Do it yourself test proves a game changer

When wāhine get together, and the subject turns to health, chances are one of the things they mention is how they hate going to the doctor for cervical screening.

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Remoteness no barrier for iwi
ArticlePeopleEquity

23 October 2024

Remoteness no barrier for iwi

When Rongomaiwahine Iwi Trust and Pinnacle signed a formal agreement in February to promote the iwi’s hauora ora aspirations in the community it felt historic.

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Summertime locum grant
ArticleRuralFunding

22 October 2024

Summertime locum grant

The summertime locum grant was established to help ease the pressure some rural practices face during the peak holiday season such as an influx of patients and the increased costs in attracting and accommodating locums during these peak periods. 

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Partnerships behind pā clinic’s success
ArticlePracticesPeople

20 October 2024

Partnerships behind pā clinic’s success

The success of a marae-based health clinic at Mangatoatoa Pā, just inside the King Country boundary near the banks of the Pūniu River, shows the power of collaboration.

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