Chair’s Report
Celeste Gillmer
Chairperson
Tēnā Koutou katoa
The NZ College of PHC Nurses
had our AGM on 23 August in
Christchurch this year. Here is
my report that I tabled at this
fantastic regional event and
AGM:
The past year, from August 2017
till today, has been a year of
change, challenges and hope.
We
welcomed
a
new
government, led by a female
prime minister, who fell
pregnant and delivered a
healthy baby girl in her first year
of leading this beautiful country.
A decision was made by the
government to do a Primary
Health Care review, which led to
Annette King forming the
Primary Health Care Federation.
Although currently we still don't
know exactly what the direction
of this federation is, we have a
strong nurse leader, David
Harrison, around that table.
DHB nurses on the NZNO MECA
made history on the 12th of
July. For only the second time in
New Zealand's history, our
nursing workforce went on
strike after not accepting the
initial pay offers. Negotiations
for the DHB were finally settled,
but now we are waiting for the
negotiations to start for the PHC
MECA.
The New Zealand College of
Primary Health Care Nurses
welcomed a new executive
committee in August 2017. We
worked hard to fill the shoes of
our amazing leaders who
stepped down at our August
2017 AGM. After conducting a
learning needs analysis of our
members, we decided not to
have
a
symposium
or
conference this year, but to
focus on supporting our
regional forums to grow their
regional networks and to deliver
professional
development
opportunities within their
regions.
Thank you to Christchurch for
hosting us today and we hope
our visit to your beautiful city
September 2018 L.O.G.I.C
will provide you with ideas and
support to strengthen and grow
your regional activities.
We hope to have another
regional event, this time in the
far north in Whangarei, later
this year.
Thank you to all our committee
members and College members
who represented the NZCPHCN
at various groups during this
year. We know you volunteer to
sit on these groups and we
appreciate your time and your
passion for PHC nurses.
Then, to all the committee
members. Thank you. I don't
know how to express my
appreciation for your hard work
and dedication. Cathy and her
professional
practice
committee, thank you for
keeping all our documents
updated and professional. I
know the Knowledge and Skills
document was a very big project
and it is almost ready to go out
for
final
consultation.
Congratulations!
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