Congratulating the winners of the 2021 Primary Healthcare Awards
Celebrating excellence in Aotearoa’s Primary Healthcare Sector
On Saturday night, The Cordis Auckland rolled out the red carpet to honour and celebrate some of New Zealand’s Primary Healthcare providers.
For the second year, we're proud to be the Principal Sponsor of He Tohu Mauri Ora (New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards). Primary care professionals play a crucial role in providing injured New Zealanders with access to treatment and care within their communities.
The awards recognise and reward the hard work of primary care professionals, particularly over the past year in which primary care has been on the frontline of New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.
These awards help to put a spotlight on their incredible work in our communities.
This year's award-winning providers
We sponsored two awards this year: the Patient Safety Award and the ACC Supreme Award.
The ACC Patient Safety Award went to the Health Navigator Charitable Trust, who are constantly working to improve medicine safety for Kiwis.
Adverse drug events or reactions are major causes of patient fatality and mortality, and the source of significant cost for organisations and whānau.
Their website provides easy to understand resources to help New Zealanders give, take and store medicine safely, and answer any questions we have around our medication.
With over 500 medicine information sheets, pages about driving while on medication, safety tips and dose calculators, the Health Navigator website has become a critical resource.
Their receive over 2.6 million views per year, highlighting its importance to those living with medication every day.
Find more information on their website.
Health Navigator Charitable Trust
Ingenuity, humility and generosity are just a few of the traits that give Bruce Arroll, head of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland, the 'x-factor'.
Bruce was awarded The ACC Supreme Award for what he has achieved in his impressive 40-plus years of serving the community both locally and internationally.
He has spent three decades leading a Manurewa general practice, and provided hundreds of contributions to peer-reviewed journals.
Throughout his career, Professor Arroll has demonstrated a commitment to addressing inequity and to applying the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi when delivering Healthcare to the community.
He has also become an international expert on Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT).
Congratulations to Bruce Arroll, and thank you for your continued commitment to serving your community.
More information about the awards
Congratulations to the winners and award nominees. For more about the awards and the recipients head to the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards website:
