What’s in this issue?
PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL DIGEST
MAY 17 2024
1. Immunisation Pānui May 16 2024
2. Have your say – National survey of adult palliative care services
3. Price increase for Nutricia Foods’ Fortisip and Fortisip Multi Fibre liquid supplements
4. Hira Programme May 24 update
5. Strategic approach to immunisation in New Zealand
6. Rurukau – latest news and updates from Te Whatu Ora May 15 2024
7. Goodfellow Unit upcoming webinars and podcast
8. Update on supply issues May 17 2024
9. Top Weekend Viewing
Immunisation Pānui
May 16 2024
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Have your say – National survey of adult palliative care services
• See the attached link to access the latest update on immunisation.
• The Te Whatu Ora National Palliative Care Steering Group have designed a short survey to hear from New Zealanders who have used palliative services for adults (aged over 24 years), either for themselves or a loved one, in the last five years, and people working in the health sector with an interest in palliative care.
• All responses will help the group to understand what’s important to people as they develop nationally consistent models of adult palliative and end-of-life care services. This short survey will help to define what works well, doesn’t work well and priorities for change. The survey includes the services provided by GPs, community services, aged residential care facilities, hospitals, and hospices. It is confidential and anonymous and open to anyone in Aotearoa until Friday May 31 2024. Take the survey
• Find out more about the National Palliative Care Work Programme on:
National Palliative Care Work Programme – Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
• To join the stakeholder list and receive updates on the palliative care work programme, email your contact details to palliativecare@tewhatuora.govt.nz
Price increase for Nutricia Foods’ Fortisip and Fortisip Multi Fibre liquid supplements
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Hira Programme May 24 update
Read here
• See attached Pharmac notification for further information.
• Information on the Hira Programme is attached.
Strategic approach to immunisation in New Zealand
Guide here and A3 information
Rurukau – latest news and updates from Te Whatu Ora
May 15 2024
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Goodfellow Unit upcoming webinars and podcast
• The Public Health Agency (PHA) within Manatū Hauora has been developing a Strategic Approach to Immunisation in New Zealand in partnership with Te Whatu Ora, Te Aka Whai Ora | Māori Health Authority, Whaikaha and Pharmac.
• The Strategic Approach is intended to set the long-term strategic direction for the immunisation system, establish a shared understanding of what can be achieved as a system and drive collective action towards this common goal.
• It has been prepared by a cross-agency working group and builds upon a review of existing literature, evidence and other documents which capture feedback from communities, providers and other stakeholders. The Immunisation Taskforce Report has been particularly crucial to the work, plus Pae Ora engagement feedback to gain an understanding of what matters most to whānau. This work has allowed identification of current barriers and consider aspirations for an immunisation system that is equitable and maximises the benefits of vaccination. The Strategic Approach has also been supported by the National Public Health Service (NPHS) Prevention Directorate to ensure alignment with the ongoing current immunisation work programme.
• Targeted consultation on the Strategic Approach to Immunisation (see the attached consultation pack) has commenced. The purpose of this targeted consultation is to sense-check whether the priorities and goals that have been identified reflect and align with what stakeholders have already expressed. It is essential that our communities, whānau, providers and professionals can see themselves (and their views) reflected in this work.
• Feedback on the attached A3 information is welcomed by emailing the Immunisation Governance Secretariat at: immsgovsec@health.govt.nz by May 31 2024.
• Click on the attached link to see the latest news and updates from Te Whatu Ora.
Update on supply issues
May 17 2024
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• Webinars:
o Menopause: insights and beyond – May 25 Register here
o Chronic pelvic pain and gynaecological cancers –May 21 Register here
o MSK pain: Expert non-pharmacological management tips – June 4 Register here
• Podcast:
o RSV in adults Episode here
• See attached link to view the Pharmac update.
Top Weekend Viewing
• Well it had to come, there are some great series on Netflix based on Harlan Coban books. These are a few of the best. If you don’t have Netflix, maybe time to sign up, even if its just to watch these!
o Fool Me Once - Maya Stern is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe. However, when Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see her husband in her house. See trailer
o Stay Close - The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past. See trailer
o Safe - Widowed surgeon Tom has struggled to raise his two daughters alone following his wife's death a year ago. Things take a turn for the worse when his eldest daughter and boyfriend go missing. Tom enlists new girlfriend Sophie, a police detective, to help locate the teens, but her new partner is working her own agenda. As the investigation intensifies, Tom unearths dark secrets about the people closest to him in his affluent neighbourhood. See trailer