Partnering for good health
Primary care has been the ultimate team environment for as long as it has existed, and right at the centre of that team is the patient.
Doctors, nurses and pharmacists have long worked together - but everything comes back to the very special, powerful bond between professional and patient. With the drive towards more self care, and care moving closer to home, that partnership matters more than ever.
Pegasus Professional Partners
What started as a membership organisation for general practitioners has become a powerful agent for collaboration among professions and professionals, right across the sector. GPs recognised early on the need to replicate at a system level the close relationships they had long had with practice nurses - and so Pegasus established a nursing education programme to sit alongside the GP one in 1998, appointed its first Nurse Director in 2001, and in 2012, established Pegasus Health Nurse Membership Ltd for practice nurses. Pharmacists joined the Pegasus Education Programme in 2010, and talks continue with other professions looking to be a part of Pegasus.
Pegasus Practice Partners
Primary care is made up of an interconnected network of private businesses which are, in many cases, interdependent. Their practice - and business - often share the same core needs, regardless of which part of town they operate from, or what they do.
And so Pegasus soon evolved into a practice-support organisation, working in smart ways to get economies of scale across the clinical and business services that nearly all primary care providers need. We have a core IT function that today provides the backbone of IT systems for practices across Canterbury. Our immunisation, mental health, population health and other teams work with practices to help them help their patients - and take away a lot of the paperwork and administration, freeing them up to do more of what they do best.
Pegasus Community Partners
Good health or illness doesn't happen in isolation of peoples’ lives. And nor do the solutions to the challenges facing the health sector in forthcoming years lie solely with the sector. Community organisations, friends, families and individuals are becoming more critical in helping people stay well, and making sure everybody has access to GPs, practice nurses and hospital services when they really need them.
Established in 2013, the Pegasus Health's Community Board's goal is to improve health outcomes for our community. The Board takes a collaborative approach, working with many groups and individuals and ensuring its objectives and work programme are aligned with those of Pegasus Health, Pegasus’ Clinical Board and the Canterbury Clinical Network.
Pegasus Health Partners
Today, Pegasus is proud to be a fully fledged partner with others across the wider sector in coming up with innovative ways to meet tomorrow’s health challenges. We’re partnering with local organisations, the Canterbury DHB, PHOs throughout the country, the Ministry of Health, professional quality and accreditation organisations, software and service providers, and more - whatever it takes to ensure the people of Canterbury get the very best primary care system possible - now and in the years to come.