ArticlePeopleAdvocacy
18 May 2025
World Family Doctor Day 2025
This year, World Family Doctor Day (Monday 19 May) highlights the role family doctor's play in supporting patient and community mental health and wellbeing.
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ArticlePeopleEquity
11 May 2025
International Nurses Day 2025
Across the globe today we celebrate International Nurses Day and this year’s theme 'our nurses, our future: caring for nurses strengthens economies' has never been more relevant. Pinnacle is so fortunate to have dedicated, capable and expert nurses working across the network, and in our practices.
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ArticlePracticesAdvocacy
12 March 2025
Pinnacle’s nurse graduate programme continues to build the future of primary care nursing
A group of new graduate nurses recently attended an orientation day as part of Pinnacle’s longstanding nurse graduate programme, a unique initiative designed to support and strengthen the primary care nursing workforce.
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ArticleLeadershipAdvocacy
13 November 2024
Pinnacle clinician honoured by Waikato University
Pinnacle clinical director Jo Scott-Jones has been appointed an Honorary Associate Professor in the Division of Health at the University of Waikato for the leadership he has shown in rural health.
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ArticleFundingAdvocacy
26 June 2024
Disappointing capitation moves us further away from Pae Ora goals
With the annual increase in funding for general practices falling well short of expectations, it’s difficult not to be cynical about the future of primary healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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ArticleAdvocacy
11 June 2024
NZ study reveals specialist gap grows - so what do we do?
A recent study by the Centre for Health Systems and Technology at the University of Otago, commissioned by General Practice New Zealand, has revealed the urgent need to address unmet healthcare needs and variations in referral declined rates in New Zealand.
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ArticleEquityEducation
24 January 2024
Hinetu Nikora wins Pinnacle’s inaugural Māori Health Education scholarship
We're thrilled to announce Hinetu Kallon Nikora, a patient service representative in our Patient Access Centre (PAC), as the inaugural recipient of Kia Puāwai, Pinnacle’s Māori Education Fund.
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ArticleAdvocacyPreventative care
13 December 2023
Results of network survey: 100 day action plan and smokefree repeal
We received 40 responses to our survey on the new government’s 100-day action plan, and the repeal of SERPA and Smokefree 2025 legislation. Thank you to everyone who took time to respond. While 40 is not a large amount given the number of general practice staff across the network, the feedback does align with what we are hearing directly from practices, and gives us a good understanding of where our advocacy efforts need to be.
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