PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL DIGEST NOVEMBER 17 2023 What’s in this issue?
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Measles Primary Care Update November 16 2023 See email here ACC- General Practice Referred MRI Service Expands to Nurse Practitioners
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Measles Primary Care Update ACC- General Practice Referred MRI Service Expands to Nurse Practitioners Goodfellow Unit Webinars/Short Courses/Podcast RNZCGP - Your Work Counts Project Ian Powell's Latest Blog: The Glue that Primary Health Organisations Provide Primary Care Prescription Access Initiative Survey Findings Supply Issue: Morphine Oral Liquid, Temporary Alternative Presentation Listed from December 1 2023 New Zealand Blood Service to GPS – Request for recently recovered chickenpox, shingles patients Proposal to Fund Supplements for Phenylketonuria and Other Inborn Errors of Metabolism Call for Funding Applications for Medicines for Rare Disorders Invitation to Participate in a Research Study – Provider Perspectives on the Psychosocial Impacts of Lung Cancer Screening Updates for Pharmacists November 17 2023 / Pharmaceutical Schedule Dispatch Top Weekend Viewing See attached email with an update on the status of the current measles outbreak.
ACC have announced from December 1 2023 nurse practitioners working in primary care will be able to refer eligible ACC kiritaki (clients) for MRI scans for knee, back and neck injuries. The General Practice Referred MRI (GPMRI) service was established in December 2020 following a successful pilot programme. The service aims to improve timely access to assessment and treatment for kiritaki by reducing the time from MRI referral to specialist care and a return to work and independence. Now that the national rollout of GPMRI is almost complete ACC are keen to expand access to the service, especially for kiritaki living in rural areas. ACCrecognise that nurse practitioners are an important group of providers, particularly in rural communities where they may be the sole provider of primary care services. By expanding the GPMRI service to nurse practitioners, ACC hope that more kiritaki will benefit from this service. To provide the service, nurse practitioners will first need to complete an ACC approved GPMRI training course. If you are