The Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care’s annual general meeting 2024 took place at 6pm, Saturday 23 March 2024 at the Goodfellow Symposium (Dew Drop Centre, Manukau, Auckland). A small number of members were present in the room and online. Of the motions presented to the members through online voting: The motion to allow…
Thank you those who responded. This year’s response was smaller than previous years – 107. Four were General Practitioners, 53 were Fellows of the College, 10 additionally were Clinical Directors and registrars were divided into senior (23 replies) and junior (15 replies) on the basis of UCPEX pass. This represents about 1/4 of RNZCUC members…
The University of Auckland is scoping the feasibility of developing a Post Graduate Qualification in Point of Care Ultrasound and Echo for Clinicians. They believe that this would be of interest to a wide range of clinicians in acute care settings, including urgent care. Please take 2 minutes to complete the following survey to help…
We have updated the one-page summary of Urgent Care in New Zealand using the data collected from clinics this year. This summary provides a snapshot of how urgent care contributes to primary health delivery in New Zealand.
Several policies are up for review. They are listed below along with some proposed minor changes. If you have comments about any of these, please email policy@rnzcuc.org.nz. Clinical practice visit policy. This policy is very out of date, and will be rewritten in the current College document format. At a previous ExC meeting, the ExC…
Over the past year RNZCUC has been reviewing the College’s curriculum, and we now wish to gain your feedback on a section of our draft document. Any proposed changes will not be implemented until 2025. The CanMEDs physician competency framework has been utilised with permission of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada), with new graduate…
a news article from Whaikaha about data from the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora on COVID-19 on case rates, hospitalisations and mortality rates for people who receive Disability Support Services. There are links to the report
Thank you those who responded. This year a record 150 doctors replied to the workforce survey. Nine were General Practitioners, 73 were Fellows of the College and this year we divided registrars into senior (34 replies) and junior (16 replies). This represents about 3/8 of RNZCUC members but may not be directly comparable to last…
MoH have issued their latest guidance on COVID-19 testing
Macquarie University is interested in understanding your views on the risks and benefits of providing ED and UC clinicians with access to primary care records when patients present in the ED or UC.