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As we come to the end of 2025, we want to thank you for being part of an extraordinary year. Together with your peers, you contributed to 25,000 webinar registrations, 60,000 podcast downloads, and 12,000 eLearning starts. In 2026, we’re committed to bringing you even more premium content created to empower primary care professionals. And we’re starting as we mean to go on, with:  Adult ADHD: From diagnosis to long-term management WEBINAR 3 February, 7.30pm: Join Psychiatrist

Kia ora   The December 2025 edition of Prescriber Update  is now available on the Medsafe website. Please can you share it with your networks.   Kind regards   Medsafe Pharmacovigilance Team

Kia ora koutou,   A reminder that feedback on Te Whata Kura, our new national antibiotic guideline, is due this Monday 10 November at 07:00 h  (a small extension).   As Te Whata Kura is a new domain, some people have had issues accessing https://tewhatakura.nz  on a networked device.  If this is you, please ask your IT folk to unblock the site and, while this is resolving, please access Te Whata Kura on your non-networked devices such as your phone with mobile data or your ho

National Measles Immunisation Week Welcome to this special edition of the Immunisation Pānui which features the National Measles Immunisation Week taking place from 3 - 7 November 2025. Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) is launching a Measles Immunisation Week (3–7 November 2025) to encourage everyone across Aotearoa to check their immunisation status and get immunised against measles. The week is a nationwide initiative to amplify existing campaigns and sector ef

Making education easy Issue 34 - 2025 Please see the latest Child Health Research Review issue attached.

Modernising the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act | Ministry of Health NZ https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/health-workforc...

https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/05/proposal-to-cut-grad-nurses-hours-and-training-is-wrong-footed/

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360817012/community-health-patient-safety-under-increasing-threat

Fundamentals of Acute Upper & Lower Limb Fracture Management 4 day course in Dunedin - November 2025

National Consultation: Proposed Health and Wellbeing Core Skill Standards Toitū te Waiora is undertaking national consultation on draft...

Please see our agenda for the CON & NEA Joint Symposium Attached

Proposed skill standards for the NZ Certificate in Disability Support (Level 3)    Kia ora koutou,  The proposed skill standards for the...

Tēnā koe  Lung Cancer Quality Improvement Monitoring Report Update 2025  In Aotearoa New Zealand, lung cancer is among the most commonly...

Tēnā koe  Release of 16 Optimal Cancer Care Pathways   I am pleased to announce that the Cancer Control Agency | Te Aho o Te Kahu has...

Please see the link below for the latest World Health Organisation State of the Worlds Nursing Report 2025   Nursing workforce grows, but...

Please see the PDF below regarding Omeprazole Flecanide look alike

The Ministry is now inviting New Zealanders to share their views on health workforce regulation through its  online consultation portal ....