The percentage of children across Tāmaki Makaurau that have received their recommended childhood immunisations by the age of two, is at its lowest point in two years according to the latest Population Health data from leading healthcare provider ProCare.

Tāmaki Makaurau’s primary mental health and wellbeing service, ProCare Fresh Minds, is disappointed by the findings of the Consumer NZ mystery shop of insurance companies, with all health insurance policies looked at, including blanket exclusions for mental illness.

Leading healthcare provider ProCare is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah (Hera) Kinred (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei) as the Tangata Whenua representative on the ProCare Health Limited Board. Her appointment was effective from 1 April 2022.

Recently, our HVAZ team concluded the Garden4Health programme which started over lockdown last year. A key leader of this was Masuisui Sam Partsch, HVAZ Coordinator from ProCare. He reflects on the journey below.

Alcohol-related harm costs Aotearoa more than 7 billion dollars every year and is the leading cause of preventable death in Kiwis aged 15-49. Nearly 20% of all deaths for men, and 10% of all deaths for women are attributed to alcohol use.

ProCare welcomes PHARMAC’s decision to extend funding for this flu season to 55-64 year old Māori and Pacific people. This decision comes not long after consultation closed in which ProCare submitted in support.

ProCare is delighted to announce that it has appointed Kirti Desai as its new General Manager Digital, Data and Technology. Kirti will join ProCare on 26 April and will form part of the Group’s Executive Leadership Team.

As omicron continues to spread in our community, Ara Hauora and Here Toitū have come together to support families in need of an extra helping hand.

Leading healthcare provider ProCare has today made a submission in support of PHARMAC’s proposal to widen access to the flu vaccination to an additional 39,000 Māori and Pacific people aged 55-64 for this flu season.

ProCare is excited to announce it has launched a new mobile health service, called Ara Hauora – Your health, your way, together, to help address unmet health needs for whānau across Tāmaki Makaurau and to improve health outcomes.

Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has today announced that it will be acquiring integrated healthcare provider Health New Lynn as part of its Elevate* programme, with settlement due to take place on 31 March.

Today is World Kidney Day, and we were privileged to have a kōrero with Tracey Thompson, Kaitiaki Hauora at ProCare, who shared her own story with kidney disease.

Leading healthcare provider ProCare has today announced the appointment of Ann Davis as a new Director to the ProCare Health (PHO) Limited Board. Ann’s appointment is effective immediately and she will take on the role of Nurse Representative.

ProCare is delighted to announce that Dr Allan Moffitt, ProCare’s Clinical Director, has accepted a four-month secondment to the Ministry of Health (MoH) for two days a week as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.

With the rapid spread of Omicron, general practices across Tāmaki Makaurau are being inundated with COVID response requirements as well as trying to keep up with the day-to-day care of their patients.

Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has today welcomed the arrival of supervised Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) in general practice, as this will provide patients with certainty around whether they have covid or are just suffering from the common cold.

ProCare is excited to announce that it has appointed Mihi Blair as its new Acting Head of Equity. Mihi will take on this role in addition to her existing role of Kaiwhakahaere Māori.

ProCare is excited to announce that it has today released “Achieving Equity for Pacific - A guide for General Practices” to equip and support practices across its network to achieve the best health outcomes for their pacific patients, their fanau (family) and the generations to come.

On Saturday 12 February, the ProCare team alongside Healthy Village Action Zones (HVAZ), Diabetes Auckland, Ready Steady Quit and the parish nurse, visited St Therese Catholic Church, a new member of ProCare HVAZ churches, to provide free health screenings and guidance around making healthy lifestyle changes.

ProCare is delighted to have been announced as the Emerging Business of the Year at last night’s 2021 Cooperative Business New Zealand Annual Awards.