ProCare, a leading healthcare provider, is pleased to announce four new members to its Youth Advisory Group (YAG). The 11 young people who make up the group provide guidance to ProCare, based on lived experience, to help improve health outcomes for children and young people across Tāmaki Makaurau. The group also helps guide implementation of ProCare’s Population Health Strategy.

ProCare is delighted to announce the appointment of Brett Butler in the newly created role of General Manager Health Services. Brett will join ProCare on 20 June and will form part of the Group’s Executive Leadership Team.

Leading healthcare provider ProCare has today welcomed the announcement of $5.854m in the next financial year for the establishment of Comprehensive Primary Care Teams.

ProCare proudly took community health and wellbeing to another level over the weekend at the ProCare Healthy Village Action Zone (HVAZ) Health Expo.

After a quarter of a century of being an Auckland-based healthcare provider, ProCare is delighted to announce that it has been approved as a Primary Health Organisation in Te Tai Tokerau.

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.