PHO Forum 21st June 2023 Summary
Links:
Event Recording: PHO Forum 21st June 2023 Video - YouTube
New Zealand Female Pelvic Mesh Service handout (linked in text body): Pelvic Mesh - final flyer for GPs.pdf (informz.net)
Text Summary:
Thank you to those of you who were able to atend our last PHO Forum on June 21st!
You can find the presenta�on slides here and the recording of the event here We look forward to seeing you at our next PHO forum on Wednesday September 20th. An invita�on and more informa�on will be sent out in advance of the forum.
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Thank you to those of you who were able to atend our last PHO Forum on June 21st!
A special thank you to Leanne Hall and Ashleigh Dick who presented on the changes in community pharmacy services. They covered eligibility for minor aliment services, the new free prescrip�ons star�ng on July 1st, funded and unfunded services community pharmacists can now provide to help relieve some pressures on primary healthcare, and controlled drug prescrip�on changes.
Phil and Claire shared informa�on on the soon-to-come System Pressure Planned Care (POAC) to help relieve Winter Pressures with the ini�al phase of this project running through the end of September.
We also heard from Phil on A�er Hours developments and had Jess White and Dr Emma Calvert from Prac�ce Plus share more about their telehealth services, which provide a high quality, accessible service that can relieve some of the pressures on our primary healthcare service providers.
Finally, Claire provided the group with some PHO clinical updates including that the HPV Primary Screening is on track for GO-LIVE on July 26 and Te Pa Harakeke Clinic is moving to Greerton next to the Greerton Countdown on July 4. She also shared the most recent guidance on Covid mask wearing in healthcare se�ngs; all of which is recommended for most people in all healthcare se�ngs except for visitors/support people s�ll being mandated to wear masks. There have also been a few changes in the medicines space with cilazapril not being funded a�er the end of this year, methylphenidate and dexamfetamine can now be prescribed every three months instead of every month, and fentanyl, tramadol, zopiclone, and zolpidem are being rescheduled as higher classes of controlled drugs. The Long-Ac�ng Reversible Contracep�on (LARC) process has been updated to align with na�onal guidance and online training modules, info on maintaining competency, and updated resources can all be found in the forum’s presenta�on slides and recording linked below. Holis�c care and support for women with health problems related to pelvic surgical mesh is now available through a new na�onwide service A quick reminder that Rangiora Health Hub, the free, walk-in
immunisa�on centre located in Fraser Cove Shopping Centre, is available for general prac�ces to direct pa�ents to when you are at capacity or receive requests from casual/unenrolled pa�ents.
You can learn more about these projects on the presenta�on slides here and in the recording of the event here. Once again, thank you all for your atendance and we look forward to seeing you at our next PHO forum on Wednesday September 20th. An invita�on and more informa�on will be sent out in advance of the forum.