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ProCare Announces Youth Health Forum To Better Understand Rangatahi Health Issues
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 12:16 pm | ProCare Health
This weekend leading healthcare provider, ProCare, will be hosting ‘Pou Tautoko Rangatahi – a Youth Health Forum’, with the aim of better understanding some of the key health issues currently faced by young people across Auckland. The name ... More >>
ProCare Announces Recipients Of Top Māori And Pacific General Practice Scholarship Award
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 9:28 am | ProCare Health
ProCare, a leading healthcare provider, has today announced the recipients of the ProCare Annual Prize in General Practice scholarships for the 2022 calendar year, in partnership with the University of Auckland, as Hannah Corban (Ngāpuhi) and Kun-ka ... More >>
ProCare Welcomes Funding For Trikafta For People With Cystic Fibrosis
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 8:12 am | ProCare Health
ProCare, a leading healthcare provider, is delighted to receive confirmation from Pharmac that the life-changing drug Trikafta, which can add up for 27 years of good health for those with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), is being funded for eligible patients ... More >>
ProCare Launches New Immunisations Campaign: Protect Our Whānau – Immunise!
Monday, 6 March 2023, 12:50 pm | ProCare Health
Following the significant drop in childhood immunisations during the past four years due to covid, there is now significant work to do to catch up. Committed to turning the dial, ProCare is proud to announce a new immunisation campaign to increase childhood ... More >>
ProCare Foundation Announces Recipients Of $250,000 Of Funding
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 10:19 am | ProCare Health
The ProCare Charitable Foundation has today announced $250,000 of funding has been made to nine organisations in Auckland who are striving to reduce health inequity, alleviate the symptoms of poverty and increase community health and well-being. This ... More >>
Good News For 12,000 Anaphylaxis Sufferers As EpiPens Now Funded
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 12:53 pm | ProCare Health
Anaphylaxis sufferers can now have peace of mind knowing from today they will have access to two funded EpiPens, which would otherwise cost between $100 - $350 and last for 12-18 months. This announcement comes following a consultation from Pharmac ... More >>
Enjoy Your Kai Moana And Barbeques This Summer, But In Moderation
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 10:43 am | ProCare Health
Kiwi summers consist of spending time with family and friends and enjoying a barbeque with a drink or two. While this is a staple for many, leading healthcare provider, ProCare, is encouraging people to be mindful of their meat and seafood consumption ... More >>
ProCare Responds To High Summer Patient Demand With Virtual Doctor Solution
Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 1:58 pm | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has announced an initiative to support its general practices deal with the predicted high summer demand from patients – particularly for high needs patients. This initiative has seen ProCare provide a significant level ... More >>
ProCare Welcomes Smokefree Environments Bill Passing Into Legislation Last Night
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 12:57 pm | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has today welcomed the Smokefree Environments Bill passing its Third Reading in the House last night, meaning the Bill will now pass into law. ProCare believes this change in legislation will make a significant ... More >>
Immigration’s Nursing Announcement Like An Early Christmas Present, Says Healthcare Provider ProCare
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 9:42 am | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has welcomed the Government’s announcement last night that from 15 December registered nurses have been added to Tier 1 on the Green List and will have an immediate path to residence. Previously nurses have been ... More >>
ProCare Formalises Partnership With Moana Connect To Help Pacific Communities
Friday, 9 December 2022, 9:43 am | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, and Pacific research organisation, Moana Connect, are delighted to announce they have signed a partnership agreement to formalise their partnership and commitment to support each other’s strategic objectives to improve ... More >>
ProCare Welcomes Smokefree Environments Bill Passing Its Second Reading
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 11:39 am | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has this morning welcomed the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill passing its second reading in the house last night. The Bill aims to reducing retail availability, amending ... More >>
ProCare Wins Business Transformation Through Digital And IT Award At 2022 CIO Awards
Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 11:13 am | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, was last night announced as the winner of the Business Transformation through Digital and IT Award at last night’s 2022 CIO Awards. The award was for ProCare’s digital health solutions UnifyHealth and CareHQ ... More >>
ProCare Disappointed GP Nurses Left Out Of Pay Parity Announcement
Monday, 28 November 2022, 3:18 pm | ProCare Health
New Zealand’s largest representative of general practice teams is disappointed that primary care nurses have been left out of today’s pay parity announcement. This announcement is particularly disappointing as this is something that we have ... More >>
ProCare Welcomes Proposed Changes To The Sale And Supply Of Alcohol Act
Monday, 31 October 2022, 1:40 pm | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has today welcomed the proposed amendments to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 which will look to remove the ability to appeal local alcohol policies. As highlighted in yesterday’s announcement by ... More >>
ProCare Launches Pacific Health Strategy And Tala-Moana – A New Pacific Cultural Confidence App
Friday, 28 October 2022, 12:39 pm | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has launched its refreshed Pacific Health Strategy alongside a new cultural competency app called ‘Tala-Moana’. This follows a launch event, which saw Pacific partners, community and church leaders, and key ... More >>
Proactive And Collaborative Approach Helping Workforce Pressures, But More To Do
Friday, 14 October 2022, 10:37 am | ProCare Health
With the World Health Organisation predicting that by 2030* there will be a global shortfall of 15 million health workers, and with primary care in New Zealand already desperately short of essential talent, leading healthcare provider ProCare is starting ... More >>
ProCare’s GPMRI Team Hits Milestone Of Training 1,000 General Practitioners Across The North Island
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 11:26 am | ProCare Health
ProCare in collaboration with Pinnacle Midlands Health Network is proud to support the General Practitioner Magnetic Resonance Imaging (GPMRI) team reach the milestone of more than 1,000 General Practitioners trained in how to make a referral to MRI ... More >>
ProCare’s Fall Collaborative: Preventing Falls, Maintaining Community Independence And Reducing Costs
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 10:53 am | ProCare Health
Claims from falls cost Aotearoa New Zealand more than $1.5 billion every year, a figure which has increased year on year since 2015 according to ACC*. Recognising this huge burden on individual patients, whānau, and ultimately the healthcare sector, ... More >>
ProCare Backs Calls For Better Healthcare For Transgender People Under Te Whatu Ora
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 10:18 am | ProCare Health
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has today joined growing calls for improved healthcare outcomes, better defined healthcare goals and improved healthcare for transgender people by ensuring that people have access to consistent quality care ... More >>