AGM - 2012
The 2012 AGM will be held at GPK, upstairs room, on Friday March 16th at 7pm.
Parking on Tole St.
If not attending, please vote and appoint a proxy now to help ensure a quorum.

MCNZ Elections 2012
Doctors may vote for four doctors to be recommended as the Ministry of Health's nominations to the Medical Council.
Voting closes on March 23rd 2012 - more details here.

Change to Fellowship criteria - more recognition of NZ ED hours
Up to 1,000 NZ ED hours worked while in the EM or RHM training programme can now be counted towards fellowship - details here.

Dr Ralph Saxe RIP
January 30th 2012
Dr Ralph Saxe died in a light plane crash on January 23rd.
Ralph, besides being a distinguished long-standing Fellow of the College of Urgent Care Physicians  and FRNZCGP, was also a founder of Radius, one of the earliest operators of an Urgent Care clinic in Palmerston North, and involved in the original formation of the ACC/CUCP working group that worked to develop the Urgent Care Clinic standard in 1998.
His is a sad loss to the Urgent Care community.

MCNZ - IMG supervisor courses 2012
The upcoming workshops will be held:
Auckland: Thursday 23 February 2012 9.00am - 4.00pm
Christchurch: Thursday 8 March 2012 9.00am - 4.00pm
Wellington: Thursday 22 March 2012 9.00am - 4.00pm
To secure your place on one of the above workshops, please email Laura Lumley at llumley@mcnz.org.nz

Name change to College of Urgent Care Physicians - approved
October 31st 2011
AMPA has changed its name to College of Urgent Care Physicians, and is in the process of changing the logo, website and stationery. MORE

New house surgeon training
The MCNZ is proposing new house surgeon training, which would mean compulsory community runs (possibly in Urgent Care) and standardised house surgeon training. MORE

Training Programme Change
June 2011
The MCNZ has approved CUCP's proposed new training programme - see new Vocational Registration criteria. MORE

Urgent Care Course 2012
Applications are open. MORE

HWNZ funding for 2012 trainees
New Zealand residents may be eligible for funding to cover 'out of pocket' expenses of training. MORE

Locums and situations vacant
Clinical Director at Otahuhu and Whangarei MORE