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1. Regional initiatives and activities to achieve our regional objectives
This document is a companion to the document
2016-19 Regional Services Plan – Strategic Direction, which sets out at a high level the vision, strategy themes, priorities and objectives of the Midland District Health Boards (DHBs).
2016-19 Regional Services Plan – Initiatives and Activities provides detail about how DHB management groups, regional networks and clinical action groups (clinical and management representatives arranged in activity groups) are working to achieve our shared strategic direction.
As an overview, the structure of this document begins in Section 1 by clarifying what each regional objective means and our approach to achieving this. This is accompanied by more detail in Appendix 1.
Section 2 then describes the activities of the regional networks and clinical action groups. Appendices 2 – 6 provide information about regional governance, the membership of the regional networks and clinical action groups, the region’s health services now as well as future trends shaping health. Finally, a glossary provides definitions of terms that are used in the document.
Objective 1: Improve Māori health outcomes
Nga Toka Hauora, the Midland DHB GMs Māori Health, will work with regional networks and clinical action groups (supported by HealthShare) and various partnerships to progress regional work in the 2016-2019 period that supports progressing Māori health equity and the attainment of ‘Pae Ora’ a healthy future for our whanau. Māori health is a priority for the Midland DHBs based upon six key drivers:
1. Te Tiriti o Waitangi the founding document of our nation (New Zealand Public Health & Disability Act 2000)
2. He Korowai Oranga the National Māori Health Strategy 2014
3. The size and composition of the Māori population (over 200,000+)
4. A disproportionately high health need for Māori within Midland relative to non-Māori
5. A commitment across all five Midland DHBs to work towards Māori health equity
6. A commitment to build Iwi capacity to respond to their own health needs
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REGIONAL INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE OUR REGIONAL OBJECTIVES
