Published by Auckland, Counties Manukau and Waitematā DHBs on 1/02/2022 9:29:58 AM.

The Omicron Pivot webinar – this Thursday 3 February, 7.30pm-9pm 

Register now for this NRHCC and Goodfellow Unit webinar aimed at GPs, urgent care and pharmacies. The webinar will focus on how to support your practice, patients and customers through the Omicron outbreak.

Presenters will deliver quick-fire ten-minute updates on the pivot to Omicron and its impact on changes to primary care, including self-care for patients, case management, vaccination, workplace resilience and the pharmacy response.

Speakers include:

1. Gary Jackson, Director Population Health, Counties Manukau DHB.
2. Tim Cutfield, Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Consultant, Middlemore Hospital.
3. Louise Delaney, National Clinical Advisor, HealthPathways Australia.
4. Christine McIntosh. NRHCCprimary care co-clinical lead for Whanau HQ.
5. Nikki Turner, Director, IMAC.
6. Daniel Tsai – Programme Manager – Community Pharmacy, NRHCC.
7. Doone Winnard, Clinical Director, Population Health, Counties Manukau and NRHCC.
8. Daniel Calder, Clinical Director, East Health Trust PHO.

Immunisation of 5 to 11-year- olds

Translations of the Ministry of Health’s Protecting your Tamariki from COVID-19 brochure are now available on the Unite Against COVID-19 website. Here’s links to some of the different languages available:

• Cook Islands Maori
• Fijian
• Kiribati
• Maori
• Niuean
• Rotuman
• Samoan
• Tongan
• Tokelauan
• Tuvaluan.

You’ll find the translation brochure for printing at the bottom of the webpages.

IMAC has great resources for health professionals on vaccinating 5 to 11-year- olds – see here – and here for a fact sheet on consent discussions. Keep an eye on this link for new additions: https://covid.immune.org.nz/covid-19-vaccines-nz/getting-vaccinated/5-11-years-old-covid-resources.

Webinar with Dr Ashley Bloomfield – today from 6pm-7pm

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will join RNZCGP President Dr Sam Murton, and Primary Care Lead for the COVID-19 Vaccine & Immunisation Programme Dr Joe Bourne, for a webinar today.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your (high-level) questions and concerns directly to Dr Bloomfield and hear more about the direction of the Ministry and Government’s Omicron planning.Register here: webinar registration.

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