Apr302025
CME/CPD Opportunity
ACC are inviting you to join them on May 29 for an online engagement event for primary and secondary care during which they will discuss and seek feedback on the issue of increasing numbers of patients needing time away from work.  This is a key part of urgent care practice, so it is important that ACC hear from urgent care clinicians on this matter.
Please see their invitation below for further details and links to join.
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We’re inviting you to attend our next online event, following our engagements with both the primary and secondary care sectors held in February. We’ll be sharing what we’ve heard, and our next steps to achieve better outcomes for injured New Zealanders.

Please register to attend one of the online engagement events on Thursday 29 May. We’re running two sessions: 12:00pm to 1.00pm, and 6.00pm to 7.00pm.

Register now for the Thursday 29 May 2025 at 12:00pm – 1:00pm NZT
Register now for the Thursday 29 May 2025 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm NZT

Content at the 12.00 pm and 6.00 pm sessions will be the same. A recording will be available after the event.
 
The challenge
As we shared with you, our data shows more people are requiring time off work due to injury, and their time to recover and return to work and independence is getting longer. We know that longer recovery timeframes and extended time off work has negative impacts for the injured person, their whānau, employer, and community. This is also putting pressure on the Accident Compensation Scheme and the sustainability of the entitlements we provide. You can watch the recordings from the February events on our website. 
 
The opportunity
We asked to hear your ideas, big or small, on how we can help injured kiritaki (clients) get back to work and independence faster after an injury. The number of ideas shared highlights there’s more we can do collectively to help achieve this. 
 
We’re reporting back – join our primary and secondary care online event. We said we’d be in touch in April to update you on the next steps. We’ve reviewed your submissions thoroughly, and in response to similar themes from both the both primary care and secondary care sector, we invite you to attend our combined engagement on 29 May, where we’ll:   
•      update you on how we’re using your feedback
•      provide an outline of the timeframes we’re working to, to deliver suggested improvements
•      introduce the newly formed advisory groups (from the expression of interest), who we’ll be working closely with
•     outline our plans for engaging with you regularly along the way.