GLP1ra update – Trulicity now available again for new prescriptions
Both dulaglutide (Trulicity™) and Liraglutide (Victoza™) can be initiated for new patients who meet the special authority criteria from 1st July 2025.
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Te Whatu Ora clarification of measles guidance for frontline healthcare services
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has provided further clarification of guidance for frontline healthcare services regarding testing of people presenting with symptoms consistent with measles. This guidance is applicable at all times, including during an outbreak.
Read moreExpression of interest: Aotearoa New Zealand Immunisation Conference 2025
Are you passionate about immunisation and keen to stay at the forefront of best practice? The Nursing Director and Nurse Lead team at Pinnacle MHN invite you to express your interest in attending the Aotearoa New Zealand Immunisation Conference 2025, held at Wintec City Campus, Hamilton on 4–5 September 2025.
Read morePathlab: Reporting of referral laboratory name
Pathlab adheres to ISO Standard 15189:2022, ensuring quality and competence in their laboratories. Recent changes now require laboratories to include the name of any referral laboratory involved in testing. To meet this requirement, Pathlab plans to upgrade their result messaging to HL7 2.4, which allows them to include the referral laboratory’s name in reports sent to practice management systems. In the meantime, practices receiving results via HL7 2.1 messaging are considered to have agreed to receive results without the referral laboratory's name.
Read moreNZSSD: Applications open for professional development award and RN prescribing development grant
The New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) is accepting applications for grants supporting professional and prescribing development in diabetes care. These include the Professional Development Award (closing 31 July), the Registered Nurse Prescribing Development Grant 1 for Semester 2 (closing 4 July), and the Registered Nurse Prescribing Development Grant 2 for Nurse Practitioner Practicum (open year-round).
Read morePinnacle nursing conference 2025: Get to know Carey Campbell
Introducing Carey Campbell, Clinical Director, McCrae Tech, who will be speaking at our Pinnacle nursing conference on Saturday 11 October at our Kirikiriroa Hamilton office. Read about Carey in her bio.
Read moreNew clinical triage online eLearning resources
This month, Collaborative Aotearoa has launched two of its three new eLearning modules focused on call handling and clinical triage, designed for call handlers and clinicians working in general practice. These courses are accessible on Collaborative Aotearoa's learning management system.
Read moreTe Whatu Ora Health NZ service access and winter key messaging
This month Te Whatu Ora will launch the next phase of its service access campaign to improve access to health advice and care and to help manage the impact of respiratory illnesses on the health sector over the winter period. The public messaging will focus on encouraging people to access the right services for them and stay home when sick, and supporting referrals for the healthy homes initiative for those who are eligible.
Read morePrimary, community and rural postgraduate study pathway
The University of Waikato is offering a specialised primary, community and rural pathway as part of their postgraduate programme in Health Science, commencing in Trimester B, 2025 with HLTSC561 - Primary Healthcare Practice.
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