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2. ACTIVITY OF REGIONAL NETWORKS, CLINICAL ACTION GROUPS AND PROJECTS
Midland DHB regional groups
There are a variety of Midland DHB groups that meet to collaborate as a region on a regular basis. Mentioned earlier in the document was Nga Toka Hauora, the Midland GMs Māori (Objective 1), the Midland DHB Quality and Risk Managers (Objective 3) and General Managers – Human Resources (Objective 4). Appendix 2 provides information about the regional governance arrangements for Midland DHBs.
Other important regional DHB leadership groups include
 Midland Regional Governance Group
 Midland Chief Executives Forum
 Regional GMs Planning and Funding
 Chief Operating Officers forum
 Chief Financial Officers forum
 Chief Information Officers (Midland IS Leadership Team)
 Chief Medical Advisors
 Directors of Nursing
 Directors of Allied Health
 eSPACE Programme Board
Midland DHB Regional Clinical Groups: Regional Networks and Clinical Action Groups
Regional clinical groups enable clinical leaders and managers to shape the development of services so that services are of a high quality, sustainable and there is equal access to these services for people across the region. The goal is to ensure people have the same health outcomes irrespective of geographical location, ethnicity and gender. Another benefit of working together is that there can be some coordination of the public health system resources and support to match demand and capacity.
Regional clinical initiatives are reviewed by Midland DHB executives and agreed by CEs. Much of what occurs is supported with national guidance as part of the annual DHB planning process and aligns with activity each DHB is also undertaking. Each regional initiative is assessed against the region’s six strategic objectives to show how these contribute to the region’s strategic outcomes and vision. A shading key is used to demonstrate whether activities will have a direct or indirect impact on a regional strategic objective. For milestones, where these are ongoing, then more than one box may be shaded.
Figure four (next page) provides a summary of the highest priority initiative that each clinical group is working on in 2016/17. This is to enable the reader to appreciate a key focus of the clinical group. It needs to be noted that the regional groups are also involved with other important activities.
Figure five provides a summary of the initiatives that Midland DHBs are working on as a region to achieve the New Zealand Health Strategy and Roadmap. Through the work programmes on the following pages there are references which show alignment with the five themes of the New Zealand Health Strategy.
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