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Figure 5: Alignment with the NZ Health Strategy and Roadmap of Actions 2016
NZ Health Strategy theme
Regional Networks and Clinical Action Groups
1. Obesity
Child Health Action Group, Midland Maternity Action Group
2. Long Term Conditions
Regional Hepatitis C project, Cancer, Cardiac, Health of Older People, Mental Health & Addictions, Stroke
3. Service Configuration including shifting services
Cancer services, Cardiac services, Elective services, Mental Health & Addictions, Radiology, Stroke, Trauma (MTS)
4. IT (annual and regional plan priority)
Regional IS, Trauma (MTS), Cancer, Cardiac, Child Health
Midland Regional Public Health Network
Another regional group is the Midland Regional Public Health Network (the Network). The Network provides an avenue for Public Health Units (PHUs) to work together on public health issues affecting the Midland region. As part of the DHB function PHUs provide public health advice and expertise with a general goal of protecting and improving the health of the population with a focus on reducing inequalities.
Midland DHBs and their PHUs work closely together to deliver on the five public health core functions:
1. Healthpromotion
2. Healthprotection
3. Preventativeinterventions
4. Healthassessmentandsurveillance 5. Publichealthcapacitydevelopment
In addition to providing advice and expertise to individual DHBs, the Network provides leadership for and strengthens the performance and sustainability of the Midland PHUs. Leadership of the Network comprises the manager and clinical director from each of the four PHUs in the Midland region: Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service (Bay of Plenty and Lakes District Health Boards); Population Health (Waikato District Health Board); Population Health, Hauora Tairāwhiti (Tairāwhiti Hauora) and Public Health Unit (Taranaki District Health Board).
The Network aims to further strengthen relationships with the Midland Regional Clinical Networks and Action Groups to ensure a public health perspective is considered within their planning. At a national level the Network is a member of the National Public Health Clinical Network (NPHCN), whose membership comprises clinical leader and manager from each PHU and representatives from the Ministry of Health.
The goals of the Midland Regional Public Health Network are to:
 Enhance the consistency, coordination and quality of public health service delivery across the region;
 Support other Midland health networks by promoting the ‘population health approach’ and providing public health advice on issues that can have a population health outcome.
The Network’s work to date has included collaborative annual planning, business continuity planning, supporting the development of Midland position statements on key health issues, setting up a mechanism for a regional approach to health intelligence work, standardising of
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