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Ngā pānui me ngā rangitaki
The latest news, stories and updates from across Pinnacle and our network, including blogs and reflections on primary care and community health.
23 July 2023
Ngā mihi, congratulations to Dr Jo, from all of us here at Pinnacle, on receiving a Distinguished Fellowship from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) | Te Whare Tohu Rata o Aotearoa.
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5 July 2023
Pinnacle supports and is excited by the potential establishment of a third medical school through Waikato University.
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16 May 2023
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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11 May 2023
On Friday 12 May we celebrate nurses across the globe as we remember the pioneer of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, and her legacy.
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5 April 2023
Pinnacle has sent an open letter to Paul Goulter and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation requesting stronger representation of primary care nurses working in general practice in Te Whatu Ora multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) bargaining negotiations.
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27 March 2023
A ‘passion project’ created and self-funded by Waikato clinical pharmacist Fiona McNabb to help people better understand how and why their medicines work won the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists Association (NZHPA) Max Health award in late 2022.
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22 February 2023
We are excited to share that Pinnacle Midlands Health Network has been nominated as a finalist in the Human Resource Director (HRD) excellence awards in the Employer of Choice category.
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24 January 2023
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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