Monday Pānui 2 September 2024

In today’s Pānui	Roundtable with Ayesha Verrall and Phil Twyford Pay Disparity Funding for Nurses and Kaiāwhina Back Payment for July Capitation Newborn Pre-Enrolment Period and Capitation Changes in the NES Transfer of Care and Test Results Responsibility APS transition from wet to dry swab self-testing for HPV testing from 12/09/24 Primary Care Practice Assistance Apprenticeship Siobhan on annual leave dates
Roundtable with Ayesha Verrall and Phil Twyford	This is your chance to influence politicians!  Ayesha Verrall and Phil Twyford invite GPs, NPs, Practice Nurses and Practice Managers, working on the front line to a Roundtable event this Weds 4th September 6pm – 7.30pm in the Matata/Fernbird Room, Te Atatū Peninsula Community Centre, (595 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatū Peninsula) If you would like to join the roundtable, please send an email to barbara@aucklandpho.co.nz (for catering purposes) asap.
Pay Disparity Funding for Nurses and Kaiāwhina	Good News! Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has advised Auckland PHO that Pay Disparity funding from 1 July 2024 will be based on a practice’s current FTE. This funding calculation will be updated monthly (if there are changes), so practices are accurately compensated according to their FTE. Previously, funding was calculated on a practice’s FTE as at June 2023. Please ignore previous communications from the PHO related to funding amounts. We will be in touch shortly to confirm your nursing and kaiāwhina FTE and update your payments accordingly.
Back Payment for July Capitation	Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand have confirmed today that the back payment of capitation funding due for the month of July, related to the annual uplift FY 24/25, will be paid on 15 September 2024. This payment will be made alongside the normal capitation funding payments paid to PHOs to pay practices.    Practices will receive information on the variance calculated with this payment. Te Whatu Ora apologises for the delay in confirming the timeframe for getting this payment released (noting that PHOs are requesting interest on this late payment).
Newborn Pre-Enrolment Period and Capitation Changes in the NES	Here is an update for you on an important change in the National Enrolment System (NES) regarding newborn pre-enrolments. As part of the Annual Uplift agreement with PSAAP for FY 24/25, there was an agreement to extend the term of pre-enrolment of newborns in General Practice from the current maximum of 3 months to a new maximum of up to one year (from the newborn’s date of birth). This requires a revision of the National Enrolment System expiry date and consequently the need to update the end dates in the GP PMS systems. This change also comes with an increase in capitation for the extended 12-month period. The new expiry date will be active in the NES from 1 September 2024. As part of this change, it is vital to ensure that all expired and expiring by 31st August pre-enrolments are accurately reflected in the NES by 30 September 2024. This will ensure true value of capitation funding is received for practices. If your practice does not have the correct end dates, please contact your Practice Management System (PMS) vendor for support. The priority at this stage is to ensure that these changes are implemented in the NES to correct the records of eligible births between 1 to 31 August 2024. This is to ensure that wash-up funding is available for all eligible pre-enrolments for the month of August 2024. Further details on the capitation process will be advised and communicated soon.  Further information will be sent this week. Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to primary.care@tewhatuora.govt.nz
Transfer of Care and Test Results Responsibility	Further to the information on last week’s virtual CME/CNE session and also included in the Friday Facts 30 August, Practices will be contacted by Ashley Hulme to answer questions and provide further details.
APS transition from wet to dry swab self-testing for HPV testing from 12/09/24	This information was included in Friday Facts 30 August: Anatomic Pathology Service (APS) transition from wet to dry swab self-collect for HPV testing from 12th September 2024Published by Te Whatu Ora – Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Counties Manukau and Waitematā on Aug 29, 2024 4:47:45 PM.From 12 September, Anatomic Pathology Service  will begin testing dry swab samples for HPV Primary Screening.For ThinPrep users, new Self-Collect Swab Instructions and the APS Information Guide for HPV and Cervical Cytology will be sent out.Please see the attached testing message, instructions and guide for HPV and cervical cytology: HPV Dry Swab Testing Message from APS Self-collect swab instructions for HPV Testing APS information Guide for HPV and cervical cytology. The National Cervical Screening Programme continues to be delivered as per clinical guidelines, policy, and standards. See Auckland Region HealthPathways: Cervical ScreeningAttachments:APS HPV Dry Swab Testing Message 2 GPs.pdf APS Information Guide - HPV & Cervical Cytology.pdf Self-collect swab instructions for HPV testing CC7497.pdf Please send feedback to Jennifer.Brenton-Peters@middlemore.co.nz
Primary Care Practice Assistance Apprenticeship	This information was included in the Friday Facts 30 August: Primary Care Practice Assistance (PCPA) apprenticeship (also called HCAs)Careerforce are pleased to offer free enrolment into the Apprenticeship in Primary Care Practice Assistance Programme (valued at $2000.00) from 1 August 2024 to 31 October 2024.The Primary Care Practice Assistance apprenticeship programme has been designed to support the apprentice to develop skills, knowledge and behaviours required to contribute to the effective operation of a primary care practice. The programme supports the apprentice to perform clinical tasks under the direction and delegation of a health professional and perform administrative tasks to contribute to the effective functioning of primary care and quality systems.This Level 4 Qualification is an 18 -24 month training. Trainees are supported by a Careerforce Apprenticeship Advisor who will help them understand the questions and will mark and report all of their assignments, as well as offer pastoral care. This is online only so trainees will need a suitable device. The workplace and trainee need to sign a training agreement. Ideally the apprentice is trained and observed by an RN or GP.  When the trainee is comfortable, the RN/GP or other trained person would complete observation forms to attest to the apprentice’s work.  The idea is that an Apprentice may be able to take some stress off both admin/reception team & clinical team with triage in the waiting room and basic observations.The workplace determines which observations they would like the apprentice to undertake, e.g: blood sugar levels, pulse, wound observation, swelling – identify where/how they would record this (notes, verbally to GP/RN) and then note what/how they communicated information to the patient – with a focus on keeping the patients informed, coping with language barriers etc.For more information click here, or email Dara.Davenport@careerforce.org.nz
Siobhan on annual leave	Siobhan will be on Annual Leave from Friday 6 September and back on 23 September. For any queries, please contact Julia Burgess Shaw – Julia@aucklandpho.co.nz or phone the Auckland PHO office on 379 4022

Barbara Stevens | Tumu Whakarae/CEO