In today’s Issue:
COVID -19 Update
Nurse Pay Equity – Webinar
Wound Care Education for Nurses
HPV reporting
COVID-19
RATs
Confirmation has been given that there will be continued free RATs for community providers and public through till 30 June 2024. (No decisions have been made regarding the supply of RATs beyond June 2024).
Providers who have been accessing RATs from the Te Whatu Ora Central Supply can continue to do so through the normal process via the Portal or Onelink.
RATs currently dispatched from the Central Supply will have March 2024 expiration dates. Additional RAT stock with a longer expiration date are currently being sourced.
To reduce product wastage, we request you prioritise using RATs with the earliest date of expiry first.
Once current stock on hand is run down the new longer dated stock will be distributed. Please take this into consideration when demand planning and ordering, as Te Whatu Ora are unable to accept returned stock.
Contact COVID.HealthSupplyChain@health.govt.nz if you have any questions.
Molnupiravir no longer available from 1 February 2024
New Zealand’s remaining molnupiravir stock expired on 31 January 2024. Based on clinical advice, Pharmac has not purchased more stock and does not plan to at this time. More information is available on the Pharmac website.
CiTC
Care in the Community funding to support COVID-19 antiviral access will also continue until 30 June 2024 with no changes to the current service specification.
Webinar - Nurse Primary Practices and Urgent Care Centres Pay Equity Claim
See attached flyer
Please see flyer attached below for the upcoming webinar hosted by Hauora Taiwhenua and the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. The webinar covers understanding the process and have your questions answered around this Pay Equity Claim.
o When: Thursday February 8 2024 at 6.00pm
o Register at: Meeting Registration - Zoom
Any questions: please contact communications@htrhn.org.nz
Wound Care Education for Nurses
Waitematā district is offering a free training day for nurses working in Waitematā and Te Toka Tumai Auckland Primary Care Settings.
Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024
Time: 8am-4:30pm
Venue: Auditorium, Whenua Pupuke, Northshore Hospital
For more information, please see the flyer here.
To RSVP, please email Sasha Drennan, sasha.drennan@waitematadhb.govt.nz
HPV Reporting
New Mōhio Report: Cx and HPV Recall List
This is to advise that there is a new Mōhio Report called Cx and HPV Recall List that will be released sometime this week. This report can be found in the HPV Cervical Screening directory.
The new report will run monthly on the first Tuesday of the month (or first business day thereafter) with data provided from NCSP. The Health Targets Report will run in parallel to this new report, while improvements are made.
Please click here for full detail around this report.
This can also be found on our website here.
If you have any questions, please contact Siobhan Matich, Clinical and Quality Manager - siobhan@aucklandpho.co.nz
Barbara Stevens |Tumu Whakarae/CEO