ArticlePeoplePractices
5 July 2023
Pinnacle supports calls for third medical school based in Waikato
Pinnacle supports and is excited by the potential establishment of a third medical school through Waikato University.
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ArticlePeoplePractices
16 May 2023
Pinnacle workforce survey now live
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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ArticlePeopleAdvocacy
11 May 2023
International Nurses Day 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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ArticlePeopleAdvocacy
5 April 2023
An open letter to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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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ArticlePeopleMedication
27 March 2023
Lightbulb moments: Talking About Medicines recognised with national award
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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ArticlePeople
22 February 2023
Pinnacle MHN an excellence HR award finalist
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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ArticlePeoplePractices
24 January 2023
Tairāwhiti GPs discover the benefits of speed dating
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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ArticlePeople
14 December 2022
Signing off for 2022
The Pinnacle office will close to a skeleton staff on Friday 23 December and re-open on 9 January.
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