Taranaki outreach service delivery – immunisation support

The OIS programme is delivered by Tui Ora, a kaupapa Māori health and social services provider, with support from Pinnacle.

Our Pinnacle team includes Chantel, an experienced childhood immunisation nurse, and Angela, programme support / kaiāwhina.

Together we meet weekly to coordinate and manage Tui Ora outreach immunisation service (OIS) with triage and share general practice OIS referrals. Pinnacle will be supporting this space for approximately two years, with the intent to raise our child immunisation rates.

Once immunisations have been completed, or if a decline is received, AIR is updated and the patient will be discharged back to their enrolled general practice. If there are barriers with access to their general practice, we feedback to the general practice with the intention of a resolution for both parties.

• Please ensure your general practice completes and returns the monthly AIR reconciliation report, to minimise our external follow up with GPs with immunisation status updates.

• Ensure your immunisation team completes the standard recall process (x3 recalls) then refer eligible patients to Outreach via AIR.

A resource for whānau

He Timatanga Hou - Supporting newborn care, immunisation and whānau wellbeing

Immunising pēpi and tamariki is one of the most trusted ways we protect our tamariki in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This handbook: He Timatanga Hou - Supporting newborn care, immunisation and whānau wellbeing, has been created to support better health outcomes for our tamariki by reducing preventable hospital and urgent care visits.

It empowers whānau with trusted information to support informed decisions about immunising living in Taranaki.

See Files and Links below to read and/or download a copy.

For more information

Enrolment/Immunisation Facilitator
awhina.mattock@pinnacle.health.nz
06 759 4364