The Pegasus Health 24 Hour Surgery is committed to providing high-quality, 24-hour healthcare to the people of Christchurch. We currently have several permanent Medical Officer positions available (20 hours per week minimum preferred). Ko tāuake mahi | What you will be doing The Medical Officer, as part of a larger team, providing acute medical services to patients…
Join us at 12.30 on Thursday 7 December for our next ‘How to’ webinar as we cover ‘How to complete an ACC18 medical certificate’. We know that not everyone has the same understanding of when to use ‘fully unfit’, ‘fit for selected’ and ‘fully fit’ when completing an ACC18 medical certificate. We also know it…
The health care sector is experiencing unprecedented times, coupled with staff shortages and high levels of unenrolled patients. We are all in the same waka. City Medical Napier has proposed a quarterly forum of the urgent care centres across Aotearoa New Zealand, where we can sit around the virtual table and share our challenges and…
A new audio interview series featuring health care professionals and researchers involved in trauma care and rehabilitation has been published on the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission website. Called Trauma Exchange, the interviews are of interest to anyone involved in trauma care and rehabilitation. They cover a range of topics: State of…
ANZCA’s Gender Equity Subcommittee is hosting a free webinar Words matter: inclusive language in gender diverse care on Thursday 12 October at 6 PM AEDT. The webinar will discuss inclusive language to create safer interactions with gender diverse communities in healthcare. It features guest speaker Hannah Maher, policy writer and LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practice trainer from…
Kia ora koutou, The theme for Aotearoa Patient Safety Day 2023 is ‘Engaging patients for patient safety’ with the tagline ‘Elevate the voice of patients’. Resources are available to order now; more information about how to place your order is below. Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission is using Aotearoa Patient Safety Day…
Dear Colleagues, tēnā koutou katoa, My name is Albert Wu, I am a FRNZCGP and am currently working as the Medical Administration Registrar at Counties Manukau. I would like your opinion on rationalising the primary care inbox to streamline paperwork, as your time is valuable. All clinically active and training General Practitioners, Urgent Care Physicians,…
On Tuesday 22nd of August Dr Paul Huggan, an Infectious Disease Specialist from Waikato and co-founder of the NZ Sepsis Trust presented a webinar for the Goodfellow Unit on recognising sepsis in primary care. The recording of the webinar is available below. This is valuable CPD for urgent care physicians. https://www.goodfellowunit.org/events-and-webinars/sepsis-how-not-miss-it-primary-care
Free Professional Development eLearning module opportunities Last year the HDC launched a series of online learning modules to improve providers’ knowledge and understanding of people’s health and disability rights. These three free modules cover how the Code of Rights improves health and disability services, what you need to know about informed consent, and complaints management…