Pinnacle chief executive Helen Parker has given the Board early notice that she will be moving to France in mid-September 2022. 

Registrations of interest are now open for community representatives on the Midlands Regional Health Network Charitable Trust Board.

Sue van Mierlo is a nurse practitioner working as part of the Lakes Extended Care Team. In her role she supports people to self-manage long-term conditions and diseases, including managing diabetes. A large number of her clients are Māori.

Pinnacle is partnering with Waikato University, Hauraki and ProCare PHOs to explore inequities in prescribing for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in primary care. Please OPT OUT before 8 April 2022 if you do not want your practice data included in the study.

On a mission to reduce barriers to healthcare for rangatahi in low-decile schools, clinicians in the Waikato SBHS are using a collaborative care model that is improving health outcomes and engagement for students and their whānau.

Foundation Standards are the minimum standard all practices need to meet to ensure that they are eligible for capitation. It is also now being used nationally to enable other services such as maternity, COVID-19 vaccination and access to shared IT systems such as CCCM.

Pinnacle’s growing mātanga tapuhi nurse practitioner and nurse prescriber workforce is having a significant impact across the network, relieving pressure on GPs, providing patients with greater access to healthcare, and reducing acute calls and hospital admissions.

From Tairāwhiti to Taupō and across to Taranaki, Pinnacle Extended Care Teams are experiencing increased referral demand and growing support from general practices.

The Pinnacle rural committee is seeking rural GP representatives.

The ongoing need for community mental health support is showing no sign of easing and is causing significant demand and strain on the Taranaki Primary Connections – Brief Intervention Service.