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Resignation

• Short section added to this topic, covering exit interviews.

Contingency Planning

• Edited for clarity and to improve link with Workload and Staffing page.

Workload and Staffing Levels

• Edited for readability. Some extra information about staffing and triage or consulting options added.

Leave

• Links added to resources and legislation regarding parental leave.

Foundation Training

• Link added – Treaty Resource Centre: Treaty of Waitangi and Cultural Bias training.

Equity Module Training

• Link added: LearnOnline: Understanding Bias in Health Care.
• The same training was already linked to via HQSC, this is an additional link directly to LearnOnline.

Standing Orders

• New sentence added for practices using standing orders to state that standing orders are reviewed annually and the authorisation and competency of nurses is checked annually.

Texting Patients

• Changed name for consistency.

Controlled Drug Prescriptions (ePrescribing version)

• As per legislation change, writing a Controlled Drug Prescription updated to remove requirement to print, sign, and send a hard copy of a controlled drug ePrescription.
• RNZCGP ePrescribing policy brief moved to top of page to make it more visible, other resources removed as no longer needed now that ePrescribing is widespread.

Medical Equipment

Following review by a Foundation assessor, several pieces of information removed as they are not needed in the policy:

• Bullets about checking emergency equipment and drugs removed.
• Sentence about where records of checks are kept removed.

Patient Portal

• Following review by a Foundation assessor, Security and Confidentiality section removed as this is already covered by the IT Security policy.

Texting Patients

• Page renamed – previously called TXT2Remind or Patient Text Services. Renamed for consistency.
• Age of patients who need to have texts sent via their parent/guardian's phone changed to "Patients under 16". Previously said 15.

Practice Profile

• Link added to RNZCGP practice profile form. This is the form practices fill out and upload to SmartSheet. You can now include this form in GPDocs.
• Reformatted to improve the appearance of the information.
• Practices who still had the DHB, Staffing, or Services information have now had this removed. DHBs are now obsolete, and the staffing and services information should go directly on the RNZCGP form instead.

Emergency Supply Kits

• Page deleted:
  • It is no longer a requirement to provide emergency kit checklists for Foundation.
  • If you want to retain the checklists, they can be added to your business continuity plan. Email us if you need us to send you a copy of these documents.