Jeanette Banks has trained many nurses during her 20-year preceptorship, but one in particular, Brooke Jay from East Care Health said she felt incredibly lucky to have Jeanette’s guidance, which
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PEGASUS 2025 – CREATING ACCESSIBILITY FOR PRIORITY GROUPS
With an increase in numbers of disabled people in our community, Pegasus Health wants to ensure that there is accessible information throughout the Canterbury Health System. Pegasus aims to create
Posted on Read MorePEGASUS 2025 – ST MARTINS MEDICAL PRACTICE ENGAGE MEN IN WELLBEING EVENT
After noticing that only two to three men sought wellbeing support for every seven to eight women, Health Improvement Practioner (HIP) Jo Crump created the St Martins Medical Practice Bloke’s
Posted on Read MoreMARY FLEMING LONGEST STANDING EMPLOYEE
To celebrate our 30 Year Anniversary here at Pegasus Health we sat down with Mary Fleming, Receptionist 24 Hour Surgery, our longest-standing employee of 35 years to look at her
Posted on Read MorePEGASUS GP MEMBERS RECOGNISED IN THE 2023 NEW YEAR’S HONORS
Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga was awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to Health and the Pacific community. Part of Dr Talemaitoga’s
Posted on Read MorePEGASUS 2025 – INCREASING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE NEEDING TO SEE A GP
Virtual consultations are another way you can get an appointment with a GP when your general practice team is busy or closed. Pegasus Health is rolling out Practice Plus to
Posted on Read MoreNEW MRI INITIATIVE SEES AN 80% REDUCTION IN WAIT TIMES
Damaging her knee when landing awkwardly after playing a game of tag with her children, resulted in Kirsty Crates needing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Kirsty was able to
Posted on Read MorePEGASUS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIPS – LEON HAIU
Third-year nursing student, Leon Haiu, has spent his years working to support the community. In 2017, he was awarded the Minister’s Excellence Award by Corrections Minister Louise Upton when he
Posted on Read MorePEGASUS 2025 – NETP BROOKE JAY FOLLOW UP
This year has been the largest Nursing Entry to Practice (NETP) intake into local primary care, with 15 new graduate Registered Nurses (RNs) employed in the programme across Waitaha Canterbury.
Posted on Read MorePEGASUS 2025 – RANGIORA GRADUATE NURSE WINS EXCELLENCE AWARD
Nursing graduate, Mariapaola (Paola) Mastroviti, was recently awarded the Excellence in Professional Nursing Practice Award at her Nurses Entry to Practice (NETP) graduation ceremony. “It was unexpected and took me
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