The Better Breathing Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme has had a facelift post-COVID.

The Canterbury Clinical Network (CCN) is seeking a person to bring a Practice Nurse perspective to the Pharmacy Service Level Alliance.

Two familiar faces will head up Canterbury’s roll out of Te Tumu Waiora – a model which puts mental health and wellbeing at the heart of general practice with focused roles working from the practice.

73 year old Barrie Reynolds and 71 year old Gary Syme both grew up when cigarettes were commonplace and avoiding second hand smoke was near impossible. They don’t know each other, but have a lot in common, including both now having breathing issues.

During Alert Levels 3 and 4, acute plans were promoted as a solution to record decision-making, investigations, and goals of care that needed to be communicated to clinicians not familiar with the patient.

General Practitioner and the CCN Clinical Lead for Shared Care Planning Rose Laing, has been continuing to care for patients at Cashmere Health where she is an associate. 

At a time when the simple act of handing a piece of paper from one person to another is suddenly a riskier thing to do, the Canterbury Health System has taken urgent steps to remove that risk – and this is just one of a number of ways prescribing has changed in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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