As things ramp up for the silly season and many of us plan a well-deserved break, our colleagues working in urgent care are preparing ways to make the festive period simpler and safer for staff, patients and their whānau.

The St John Youth and Canterbury Clinical Network (CCN) partnership is nearing its first anniversary and the relationship has proved so successful it is now being formalised. The pilot project which has been running through 2020 has been endorsed for St John Youth to offer a permanent voice across CCN’s groups.

When the Phillipstown Better Breathing Coffee Group gather at the local community hub on Monday mornings the result is lots of laughter and kōrero, as well as exercise.

Canterbury Clinical Network Senior Project Facilitator Rebecca Muir presented at the Ō tātou hiranga | What matters to us: Shared decision making and advance care planning virtual Hui held early December.

Youth in Mid Canterbury can now receive sexual health care from a new Youth Sexual Health Clinic.

Early intervention and collaborative approaches such as those being put in place by Mana Ake – Stronger for Tomorrow have been shown to result in a range of wellbeing benefits for children and their whānau, according to findings from a report released today.

A courageous wāhine called Lynda Maaka is helping to spread an important message about the value of kōrero between healthcare teams and their patients.

The Urgent Care Service Level Alliance is made up of a motivated, dynamic and skilled group of people from across the health system who use data to inform decisions and predict pressure points and bring together small working groups to delve into issues and make adjustments to the system.