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Health Waikato is incurring some operational costs related to our major building programme. These relate to change management, decanting and demolition and we will continue to incur these costs as well as the increased interest, depreciation and capital cost associated with capital spend over the time frame of this plan. Once our redevelopment is complete we will exit the costs associated with the redevelopment. In addition we have an improvement programme to "right-size" the provider and bring them close to break even on national prices.
Health Waikato, through Waikato Hospital, will maintain its preferred tertiary provider status to the Midland DHB region. Waikato Hospital is the base for nursing, midwifery and allied health clinical trainees as well as medical trainees at the Waikato Clinical School. This is an academic division of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (Auckland University) and provides clinical teaching and research for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and allied health science students. The main purpose of the school is to provide an outstanding environment in which medical students can undergo their clinical training.
For further information about Health Waikato, including an overview of performance please see http://www.waikatodhb.health.nz/health_waikato .
4.4.3 Planning and Funding Health and Disability Services
The Planning and Funding Division of our DHB is responsible for planning and funding health and disability services across our district. The core responsibilities are:
 Assessing our population’s current and future health needs
 Determining the best mix and range of services to be purchased
 Building partnerships with service providers, Government agencies and other DHBs
 Engaging with our stakeholders and community through participatory consultation
 Leading the development of new service plans and strategies in health priority areas
 Prioritising and implementing national health and disability policies and strategies in
relation to local need
 Undertaking and managing contractual agreements with service providers
 Monitoring, auditing and evaluating service delivery
While the Planning and Funding Division contracts services from Health Waikato they also contract services from a wide range of non-government organisation providers, as well as other DHBs who often provide more specialist services.
Planning and Funding is responsible for oversight of the total funding package for our DHB and linking on this with the Ministry of Health. Planning and Funding role incorporates ensuring equitable acceptable and effective spending of health funds and ensuring that all services funded are delivered in line with expectations. It acts for the DHB in local and
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