In today’s Pānui |
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Immunisation Pre-Call & Recall Service for 6-Week Immunisations | One of the most effective health interventions we can do is get tamariki immunised. However, childhood immunisation rates in Aotearoa are currently below target at 81% for 24-month-olds. Proactively reaching out to parents and caregivers through enrolment at birth and before pēpi/babies are due for immunisations can help ensure that immunisations are delivered on time. There are also important medical checks that take place at 6 weeks, so it’s recommended that pēpi/babies get their immunisations and medical check in the same visit - improving access to general practice can help with this.
Additional funding is now available for general practices from 1 April 2024- 30 June 2025, following 6-week immunisation events, regardless of where the vaccination was delivered.
There is a base payment of $40 for every pēpi/baby upon completion of their 6-week immunisation, and an additional $40 for pēpi who are immunised and meet high-priority criteria (Māori, Pacific, Community Services Card holders, Quintile five domiciled and those enrolled in a rural practice).
The key goal is to increase immunisation rates for tamariki, and ensure the important pre-call, recall and referral work that primary care does is occurring. It’s also important for parents and caregivers to know that if tamariki have missed their immunisations, they can catch up.
A new Mōhio claiming form has been created for data and funding purposes. For an overview of funding and claiming, User Guides for PMS systems, and pre-call/recall templates, click on this link.
Contact Erin, Primary Care Support – erin@aucklandpho.co.nz or Shanaz, Immunisation Coordinator – shanaz@aucklandpho.co.nz for queries.
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Increasing your Practice Fees | Please contact ashley@aucklandpho.co.nz if you wish to increase your practice fees – including VLCA practices increasing non-CSC holder copays to $29.50.
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Funding uplift for Pertussis and Influenza vaccine co-administration for pregnant people | A temporary vaccine administration fee uplift for the co-administration of pertussis and influenza vaccines for pregnant people is available. This funding uplift runs from 2 April 2024 – 31 December 2024.
An additional $20.52 ex GST is available per vaccine co-administration (on top of the $36.05 ex GST baseline fee). Please invoice Suzanne@aucklandpho.co.nz for this additional fee.
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Transfer of Care and Tests Responsibility | GPs have long been aware of the volume and clinical risks associated hospitals’ cc’ing patient test results in the PMS inbox. In order to mitigate the problem and in collaboration with the Northern Region Clinical Governance Forum, Te Whatu Ora have proposed a solution which aims to support appropriate and timely transfer of care back to General Practice. This solution is in alignment with the context, principle 2 and principle 3 of the Transfer of Care and Test Results Responsibility document published by Te Whatu Ora in March 2024.
The proposed transfer of care process - also being referred to as Project 9 - aims to mitigate inappropriate cc'ing of results by replacing some inbox messages with a warm handover telephone call and aims to improve the hand over process for patients with high health care needs whose care is transferring back to their GP, thus reducing the administrative burden currently being faced by GPs.
Dr Albert Wu is leading the consultation process has been invited to discuss the proposed transfer of care process with the Auckland PHO Network and answer questions. A zoom meeting has been organised for 28 August 2024 – see next section.
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Auckland PHO CME/CNE Zoom Event | Save the date – an information Zoom CME/CNE event is planned for Wednesday 28 August 6.30 – 8.30pm. Topics:
An invite will be sent this week.
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Barbara Stevens | Tumu Whakarae/CEO
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