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• Primary Health Care update 
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Primary Health Care update

Get the latest information (at 18 August 2023) on Pharmac consultations, notifications, and supply issues for Pharmacists in General Practice. Includes information on:

• Various salbutamol medicines: Supply issue
• Noumed Phenobarbitone 30 mg tablet: brand change update
• Vigabatrin (Sabril) 500 mg: letter from the supplier
• Supply Issue: oestradiol (Estradot) patches
• Supply Issue: Nutricia foods products
• Expressions of Interest for Pharmac’s Advisory Committees.

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Publications

• Primary Health Care Nursing Standards of Practice 2019: The purpose of the Aotearoa New Zealand Primary Health Care Nursing Standards of Practice is to support primary health care nurses by clearly articulating what is expected in the specialty and outlining a career pathway in primary health care nursing. This document is specifically focused on the registered nurse workforce. 
• Maximising the Nursing Contribution to Positive Health Outcomes for the NZ Population: position statement on PHC Nursing.
• 2022 National Ovarian Cancer Report - Steps to save lives.
• Primary Health Nurses Position Description for 2021-2025.
• New Zealand College of Primary Health Care Nurses rules

Policy

• Policy - NZCPHCN Endorsement of Education Application Form

Nursing Training Funding from Health Workforce NZ

Health Workforce New Zealand and the Ministry of Health support and fund a number of training initiatives, which include those below.

Nurse Entry to Practice (NETP)

The NETP programme provides funding for new nursing graduates in their first year of practice. The expected outcome of participating in the programme is that trainees meet the criteria to achieve competency Level Two on the Professional Development and Recognition Programme.

Postgraduate nursing training

Health Workforce New Zealand invests in postgraduate training. This investment also supports some registered nurses to qualify as prescribers.

To find out more about either the NETP or Postgraduate nursing training funding use the link below. It will take you to the Nursing section of the Investment and Purchasing page on the Ministry of Health website.

• Download nursing training specifications or contact your DHB Director of Nursing to for more information.

Other resources

• Critical appraisal tools at University of South Australia
• Health Improvement & Innovation Resource Centre
• Health Workforce NZ
• Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand Journal
• NZ Institute of Community Health Care
• NZ Nursing Research Database
• NZNO Library and NZNO Library Theses
• NZNO Research, including Morgan - TrueBlue Model of collaborative care using practice nurses as case managers for depression
• Nursing Research Section (NRS), Te Wāhanga Rangahau Tapuhi (NZNO)

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