The Canterbury Clinical Network Programme Office is seeking nominations for a Rural Primary Care, General Practice perspective to join the CCN Alliance Leadership Team.

Meri Kirihimete from the CCN Programme team! Our office closes down from Friday 21 December until Monday 7 January 2019.

With the silly season almost upon us, it’s timely to remember the useful tools of the trade that makes sharing and collaboration that bit easier for staff and patients over the festive season. The suite of electronic shared care plans – The Acute Plan, the Personalised Care Plan (PCP), and the Advance Care Plan – enables clinicians from different health services to collaborate and share important information that can improve patient care.

People leaving prison in Canterbury will benefit from improved support to navigate and access health and social supports thanks to collaboration between Health, Corrections and the social service sector.

The Canterbury Clinical Network is calling for nominations for a Primary Care perspective on the Pharmacy Service Level Alliance. It is anticipated that the new member will take up the role in February.

A trial collaboration between the Hurunui’s general practices and St John means local people can access urgent care after-hours from the district’s GP teams.

Canterbury’s Better Breathing Programme has upped the ante on this week’s exercise and coffee mornings to mark World COPD Day (21 November).

Canterbury's older people are being offered a day's free access to exercise classes designed to improve strength and balance to celebrate International Day of the Older Person (1 October).