A Te Whatu Ora vaccination clinic will run on Saturday 7 October from 9.30am-3.30pm at 351 Devon Street West, concentrating on HPV vaccinations. The staff can also offer Boostrix, MMR and flu vaccinations.

Te Whatu Ora is providing relocation funding to support the international recruitment of general practitioners (GPs) to work in rural primary care practices that are having difficulty attracting and recruiting GPs.

In this August issue read about new hospital initiatives, the HealthPathways new search function and recently published pathways, Bpac e-referral updates and more.

GPNZ has commissioned a piece of research through Otago University looking at unmet need (UMN) in primary care. The research will be a mixed quantitative and qualitative primary data collection study through a case study approach, focusing on counting the occurrences of UMN, and gathering in-depth insights into patients presenting with UMN at practices, practice responses, and management patterns. GPNZ is accepting practice self-nominations.

Pathlab Microbiology is currently experiencing some staffing challenges. Despite the team’s best effort to maintain optimal service levels, Pathlab anticipate that there may be occasional delays with testing and reporting microbiology results over the forthcoming months.

With AI being a hot topic these days, there’s a lot of confusion around what AI even is, where to start and how much it will cost. For a lot of businesses it’s hard to understand how AI can actually help. That’s why EMA is unscrambling AI. This series is designed to help NZ businesses navigate the world of AI in all its confusion and complexity with their new Future of Work Series. Attendance to this series is free for Pinnacle's staff and network as EMA members.

Due to a renewed contract with Te Whatu Ora, there are fully funded places available for health practitioners supporting families with 0-4 year old children, to complete this interactive training.

The Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) is seeking feedback about their 0800 service, which answers questions about immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases. IMAC will use your feedback to improve the service they provide. The survey is active until the end of this week.

Effective 7 August, all Pathlab sites will be offering lipase as a better alternative to amylase.

ACC is reviewing the urgent care clinic contract with the plan to introduce a 'primary acute care' replacement service contract within the next two years. ACC is recruiting for an expert advisory group which will help inform the review. GPNZ has been asked by ACC to help co-ordinate representation onto this rōpū. If you are interested in being involved, please complete the EOI form by 5pm, Friday 18 August.