Light refreshments will be available, for catering and room booking purposes please RSVP your attendance by 7 Dec 2018, email me valerie.preston-thomas@nbph.org.nz.formation to come 

An info session is being held for LMCs, GPs, practice nurses, WCTO providers or anyone who is interested in learning more about the WCTO programme and child health services.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Midwifery Professional Development allocation is 3 1/2 hours.

To register for this event, please email: anna.foaese@siapo.health.nz

Presented by: Jodi Miller, Nurse Education - Projects NMDHB

To register your attendance please contact Sarah Foster via fax 03 539 4958,

telephone 03 543 7830, or e-mail Sarah.Foster@nbph.org.nz

Presented by: Jodi Miller, Nurse Education - Projects NMDHB

To register your attendance please contact Sarah Hammon, Nurse Leader via Telephone 03 528 8866 or e-mail Shammon@greenwoodhealth.org.nz

As part of the College's GP - Heart of the Community seminar series, the Nelson-Marlborough Faculty warmly invites you to join fellow College members for a collegial catch-up and presentation on technology in general practice by Arturo Pelayo.

Arturo lends his expertise as an innovation strategist. This role has him working with organisations in Germany, the USA, Mexico and New Zealand, helping them to meet the challenges of unstoppable change in a positive and proactive manner.

In a recent interview with The Spinoff, Arturo touched on the opportunities for equal accessibility that technology affords a developing world.

“Rather than hacking existing systems for accessibility purposes, Pelayo demands his developers design for accessibility first…a minimum viable product provides a foundation on which the rest of the user base can operate.” – Don Rowe, The Spinoff

Attendees will consider how technology is changing general practice and the primary healthcare sector, identifying opportunities and barriers, and developing a mandate for change.

Arturo is an avid futurist, and attendees will no doubt enjoy discussing the potential and scope for innovation in general practice and primary healthcare with him

This is a free event for College members.

Nibbles will be served from 6.30pm - 7.00pm, with the presentation running from 7.00pm - 8.00pm

The learning of the day will provide you with the opportunity to:

·        Improve early  identification of the deteriorating person

·        Develop critical assessment skills based on patient scenarios

·        Apply assessment frameworks (eg. ABCDE, EWS, GCS,)

·        Improve interdisciplinary communication  (ISBAR framework)

·        Escalate care in a timely manner

This professional development study day is a core requirement every 3 years.

Exemptions: Basics, Advanced Assessment Courses completed in past 3 years.

There is an expectation of pre and post learning.

To register or for further information please click below                                                                                      

“An opportunity for Practice Nurses who provide spirometry services to discuss issues with their peers and further their knowledge”

Please bring along your calibration syringe if it is due to be checked

 Please include any agenda items along with your registration

Closing date for registrations is Friday 26th October  

To register or for further information please click below

Facilitated by Nelson Tasman Hospice

This workshop will look at:

• Introducing Palliative Care in Primary Settings

• Common Issues in Palliative Care

• Medication Management

Target audience: Practice Nurses

Cost: No fee - Light refreshments provided

Max 25 Attendees (Registration is essential)

Venue: St Mary’s Parish Meeting Room, 18 Manuka St Nelson

To Register please click below

Presented by: Le Va

This is a Cornerstone/Foundation Standard Accredited session

Registrations are essential and will close Friday 14th September. 

For further information or to register for this session please click below.

The learning of the day will provide you with the opportunity to:

·        Improve early  identification of the deteriorating person

·        Develop critical assessment skills based on patient scenarios

·        Apply assessment frameworks (eg. ABCDE, EWS, GCS,)

·        Improve interdisciplinary communication  (ISBAR framework)

·        Escalate care in a timely manner

This professional development study day is a core requirement every 3 years.

Exemptions: Basics, Advanced Assessment Courses completed in past 3 years.

There is an expectation of pre and post learning.

To register or for further information please click below                                                                                      

Further information to come 

Improving communication & Fostering Collegiality

An opportunity for us to network and improve how we communicate across the Specialist / GP interface.

For further information or to RSVP please click below.

Further information to come 

Registrations are limited to 25 and will close Friday 13th July. To register for this workshop please email Sarah.Foster@nbph.org.nz

We would also like for volunteers to share their experiences for the first part of the day. Please contact Diabetesnurses@nmdhb.govt.nz or phone and leave a message at clinic on 5461840 and someone will phone back to discuss.

A chance to find out more about the HCH opportunity here and to hear from practice team members from other parts of the country.

To RSVP please click below, closing date July 25th. 

With the Bowel Screening programme going live in Nelson Marlborough in August 2018 you are invited to an evening focused on the National Programme alongside important information on the programme.

Please ensure that at least one member of your practice team attends this meeting and registrations are advised no later than Thursday 19th July.

For further information or to register for this evening please click below. 

With Tina Murphy

When you are the first person the patient speaks to, how do you make your decision where to put them? Looking at how to 'triage' the patient when you are not clinical.

Registration for this session are limited. For further information or to register for this session please click below. 

Presented by: Nick Laing and Anita Jones - Duncan Cotterill

This is a Cornerstone/Foundation Standard Accredited session.

Registrations for this session are essential and will close Wednesday 4th July.  

For further information or to register for this session please click below

With; Nicci Stoneman, Territory ManagerPharmaco (NZ) Ltd

Hosted by Nelson Bays Primary Health 

This session will cover:             

• Pharmac Funding changes -1/2/18-31/7/18.
• Eligibility of meters and criteria for current and newly diagnosed patients with diabetes
• Introduction of the two new meters, the Dual and the Premier including new features
• Doable Programme for diabetic patients
• Discuss providing meters to General Practices for patients who are not funded. Changes to help reduce waste and prevent meters getting expired
• Coupon brochure for patients who are not funded.

For further information or to register for this session please click below.

Presented by Susie Wendelborn, Clinical Nurse Specialist Woundcare & Pen Walkinshaw, Sales Executive, Wound Management.

This session will cover, Wound Assessment, Wound Bed preparation, Biofilms and Wound Management. 

Registrations for this session close Thursday 21st June. To register or for further information please click below.

This meeting is to share and discuss recent initiatives in Nelson/Tasman General Practices and it is recommended that every practice is represented at the meeting.

 Have you implemented a new initiative that you would be willing to share? Do you have any new ideas that would benefit from wider discussion? Let us know by emailing them through to Sarah.Foster@nbph.org.nz

 This 90min meeting is endorsed for 2 hours of CME/CNE including the recommended reading below.

 For all the talk about quality healthcare, systems performance has frozen in time. Only 50-60% of care has been delivered in line with level 1 evidence or consensus based guidelines for at least a decade and a half12345; around a third of medicine is waste, with no measurable effects or justification for the considerable expenditure6789; and the rate of adverse events across healthcare has remained at about one in 10 patients for 25 years.10111213 Dealing with this stagnation has proved remarkably difficult—so how do we tackle it in a new, effective way?  https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2014

Registrations for this meeting are essential and will close Tuesday 19th June.

For further information or to register please click below.

with

Tina Murphy

This is an update session for those who attended workshops held earlier this year.

This update will cover

·        More case examples

·        Feedback with any questions / issues

·        Opportunity to discuss any difficult triages people have encountered

Registrations for this session are limited to 15.

To register your attendance or for further information please click below.

Infection Control +  ‘Our microbial microbiome’ and its association with health and many diseases

This is a Cornerstone / Foundation Standard Accredited Session

Presented by: Ben Harris, Medical Laboratory Scientist, IPC

To register for this session or for further information please click below.

with

Judy Jones and Jacquie Westenra

“An opportunity for Practice Nurses who provide spirometry services to discuss issues with their peers and further their knowledge”

For further information or to register your attendance please click below.

The learning of the day will provide you with the opportunity to:

·        Improve early  identification of the deteriorating person

·        Develop critical assessment skills based on patient scenarios

·        Apply assessment frameworks (eg. ABCDE, EWS, GCS,)

·        Improve interdisciplinary communication  (ISBAR framework)

·        Escalate care in a timely manner

This professional development study day is a core requirement every 3 years.

Exemptions: Basics, Advanced Assessment Courses completed in past 3 years.

There is an expectation of pre and post learning.

To register or for further information please click below                                                                                      

Working with Clients from a Refugee Background: A Cross Cultural Trauma Informed Approach

A half day worshop for non-health professionals who work with clients from a refugee background.

This training is open to Teachers, Lawyers, NZ Police, WINZ, Housing NZ, and Council Staff

Working with Clients from a Refugee Background: A Cross Cultural Trauma Informed Approach

A one day worshop for health and allied professionals who work with clients from a refugee background.

with

Neale Gover, Apex Medical Rep

An opportunity for Spirometry Nurses to meet Neale and discuss any issues or questions regarding the Medikro spirometer and spirometry testing.

To register for this session or further information please click below.

Workshop for Primary Healthcare Practitioners

This is a six hour workshop aimed at assisting registered primary healthcare practitioners to increase their knowledge of contraception.  This course is fully MOH funded for health professionals who meet priority criteria. 

For further information including the criteria for funding please click below.