Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has launched a
‘Winter Wellness’ campaign to support hardworking
general practices across the Northern Region as they battle
the full throes of winter coughs, colds and flu-like
illnesses plus the uplift in COVID cases.
Bindi
Norwell, Chief Executive at ProCare says: “General
practices have been working tirelessly at the moment, so we
are rallying around them to provide support in any way we
can. The ‘Winter Wellness’ campaign is really embodying
the phrase ‘many hands make light work’ as we utilise
both clinical and non-clinical resources to ease the
burden.”
Appreciative of the support is Celine
Patrick, Practice Manager at Mt Smart Medical Centre:
“Having extra support to help us continue with
immunisations, CVD [Cardiovascular Disease] checks and
smears has been a huge relief. It means we can continue to
deliver care for our patients when they need it
most.
“We’ve also utilised the telehealth
services, UnifyHealth and CareHQ, to give our patients more
options to see a doctor, particularly when we have limited
availability,” continues Celine.
Gabrielle Lord,
General Manager of Practice Services, says: “We saw how
successful and appreciated ‘Mission Possible’ was during
the height of the Omicron outbreak at the beginning of the
year, so we are taking the achievements and learnings from
that and applying it to our ‘Winter Wellness’
campaign.
“The added pressure of winter colds and
flu alongside the COVID outbreak has really made it tough
for General Practices. We’ve pooled our resources to
provide support such as temporary admin services, triaging
patients wanting to come into practices, completing
CVDRA’s to help practices meet targets, and carrying out
immunisations and overdue high-grade smear recalls,” says
Lord.
Other areas of support include helping practices
with administrative essentials such as fee reviews, helping
with Business Continuity Plans and data
input.
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