A kete | toolkit of resources designed to support practices integrate a practice pharmacist into the team has been launched by the Primary Care Taskforce.

The old adage – there’s no place like home – is a proverb the Integrated Respiratory team held close when working with the kaumātua | elders at Rehua Marae to design a modified Better Breathing pulmonary rehabilitation programme in August 2023.

As CCN's funding is nearing its end and most of our initiatives have transitioned to partners across the health system, our Programme Office and its work will close by 11 April 2024. This decision, though bittersweet, paves the way for a future where our pioneering work can continue under new kaitiaki | guardians and the ongoing contribution of existing CCN partners.

A survey initiated by the CCN Primary Care Taskforce (PCTF) in June 2023 has revealed that more than fifty percent of Waitaha | Canterbury General Practitioners (GPs) and Practice Nurses (PNs) who responded to the survey, are planning to leave or retire from general practice in the next three to five years. 

A group of health system staff and health consumers are pooling their experience and knowledge to address capacity pressures in primary care, which will make it easier for our communities to access care when they need it.

Rangi McGlinchey (69) is grateful for the aroha of her whānau and her Te Ao Māori (Māori world) beliefs, which have given her the strength to live with chronic pain for the past 35 years.

The Better Breathing volunteers celebrated ten years of service to the Integrated Respiratory Team, paying tribute to two long-standing volunteers in a special quarterly meeting.

Making sexual and reproductive services youth-friendly, through inviting spaces and taking time to whanaungatanga (connect) is key to improving outcomes in youth sexual health, a recent study shows.

More than 200 general practice staff from across Waitaha | Canterbury have shared their thoughts and experiences around the growing pressures on general practice, in a survey open throughout June.The survey was sent out by the CCN Primary Care Taskforce (PCTF), which was established earlier this year to coordinate local leadership on ways to address the increasing capacity pressures in primary care, which is impacting our communities’ access to primary care. The survey explored four k...