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Oral Health

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Strategy

In August 2006 the Ministry of Health (MoH) released the Government’s strategic vision to promote, improve, maintain and restore good oral health for all New Zealanders. The Ministry of Health vision is for an environment that promotes oral health, whether through fluoridated water, a healthy diet, or publicly funded services staffed by a multidisciplinary workforce that actively addresses the needs of those at greatest risk of poor oral health..... click here to read more

The reconfiguration of the Child and Adolescent Oral Service comes after extensive consultation carried out in 2007.

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Oral Health Newsletter - Issue 5

Oral Health Newsletter - Issue 4

Oral Health Newsletter - Issue 3

Oral Health Newsletter - Issue 2

Oral Health Newsletter - Issue 1

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Media Releases

15 December 2009 - Media Release - Oral Health Clinic Sites Identified

16 February 2007 - Media Release - Oral Health Services Review Consultation

11 December 2006 - Media Release - Oral Health Services

Summary of Oral Health Submissions

Cervical Cancer Vaccine - HPV

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Information evenings

Information about how girls and young women can now be protected from the most common causes of cervical cancer.

HPV Questions and Answers

HPV Monthly Calendar Schedule

Cervical Cancer Vaccine - 4 November 2009

First School Cervical Cancer Vaccinations - 2 March 2009

Media Release - Cervical Cancer Vaccine in Schools - 26 January 2009

Health Quality & Innovation Awards

Health Quality & Innovation Awards

About Health Quality Innovation Awards

Entries - short description

Results

Nelson Bays Primary Health, BeWell Nutrition project was the overall winner of the inaugural Nelson Marlborough District Health Board (NMDHB) Health Quality and Innovation Awards (HQ&IA).

This was one of the awards presented today (22/09) in a ceremony at the District Health Board, Seminar Centre in Nelson. Over 80 people attended the ceremony for the local health innovation awards that all health providers funded by NMDHB were eligible to enter.

The category award winners from the 24 entries received were:

Collaborating for Healthcare Improvement

Nelson Bays Primary Health, BeWell Nutrition Service

Highly commended: NMDHB, Improving the Quality and Safety of Prescribing across the district.

Clinical Care Improvement

Nelson Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Service
Highly commended: Child Adolescent Mental Health Service

Research & Innovation

Health Action Trust, Nelson

The local judging panel, with representatives from the DHB, primary health care organisations, and relevant external experts, evaluated the entries and graded them on whether the health related activities encouraged innovation, increased patient safety or promoted excellence in quality.

NMDHB Board Chair Suzanne Win said, "I congratulate the award winners for their outstanding entries.

"These awards highlight the range of projects and innovations that individuals and organisations are undertaking in the district. It is hoped that these awards, to be held every two years, will be the catalyst for even more innovation and quality improvement in health."

Each category winner received $2000 each, with the overall winner receiving an additional $3000. The prize money was for the service, agency or organisation from which the project originated and could be used in professional development, education or service enhancement.

Nutritional & Physical Activity Programme

www.nutritionandphysicalactivity.org.nz

Description: To achieve wellness, NMDHB is investing in two major contributors - good nutrition and regular physical activity. The NPA programmes vision is that Nelson Marlborough can be the first district in New Zealand and one of the first in the world, to turn around the obesity epidemic. This will be achieved through a range of connected intersectoral projects designed to "make the healthy choice the easy choice". The NPA Programme incorporates the Ministry of Health's requirement that NMDHB leads the coordination of Health Eating Healthy Action (HEHA) initiatives in the district.

Child, Youth And Family Health Programme

Description: To build a strong society, children must get off to a good start and youth need access to a broad range of services to keep healthy. It is important that issues are addressed intersectorally, as many agencies have a role in supporting the health and wellbeing of children, youth and families.

Determinants of Health Programme

Description: Healthy communities are communities in which all organisations are working effectively together to improve the quality and well-being of all peoples' lives and where each community is a significant resource and support for individuals. The following are some objectives to promote health communities.

Promote a community development approach to wellness and inclusion issues that identifies and builds on community strengths
Provide training and expertise to assist community groups to design and implement community development approaches to address wellness issues
Encourage development of community information sharing methods
Compile and share information on community-wellness related programmes
Encourage and recognise community volunteerism
Recognise community initiatives, 'community outcomes' that make a difference to wellness
Prepare health impact assessment on community and agency policies that may impact on community wellness
Ensure partnership activities are addressed with local authorities - modern housing, modern urban design, that supports wellness
Explore and develop incentives for communities to encourage them to address wellness issues
Address 'safer communities' initiatives with other agencies including police, ACC, MSD, education

Chronic Conditions Programme

Description: This programme is founded on supported self-management across a range of chronic long-term conditions throughout the health and disability support sector. This includes, but is not limited to, cardio-vascular (CV), diabetes, cancer, mental health, respiratory and neuromusculo-skeletal conditions. It also supports clustering of preventable chronic disease and supports integrated systems of care and support across the continuum.

Health Of Older People Programme

Description: The programme will deliver on the NZ Health of Older People (HOP) Strategy through the development of activities across the continuum of care that address assessed need for care and support. The programme will be linked to populations of increasing need that enables the packaging of accessible and comprehensive interventions that meet need. It is anticipated these interventions will:

Promote "ageing in place"
Deliver support "close to home"
Support improved quality of life outcomes
Promote optimum participation and independence.

People With Life-Long Disabilities Programme

Description: The People with Life-long Disabilities programme will focus on the range, type and level of services we provide and ensure they meet the requirements under the NZH&D Strategy. This programme will also address improvements in Needs Assessment/Service Co-ordination (NASC) agency of services for people with life-long disabilities and work to identify and deliver on a range of personal health services required to improve the health outcomes of this population.

Health and Support Services Planning Programme

Description: The Health & Support Services programme is 'whole of system' planning to ensure that NMDHB has the optimal configuration and delivery of health and disability services for the NMDHB population over the next 10-20 years. The intention has been to produce a 'macro' Health and support Services (HSSP) strategic plan followed by more in-depth service planning; further development will then define the operational plans for any given year.

Health and Support Services Improvement Programme

Description: The Health & Support Services Improvement Programme consists of projects which are known operational pressure points (i.e. issues of safety, resources, viability and/or delivery) which require an organisational response. This response is because of the pressures associated with the aging of the population, the local growth in population, health professional resource capability, new technologies and new processes for work for efficiently and productively, a range of different services need to undergo continuous and planned improvements to ensure quality and sustainability of these services into the future.

Mental Health Programme

Description: The mental health programme focuses on improving the mental health population wellbeing outcomes. The programme will also focus on improving general societal understanding of mental illness. Ultimately the programme aims to reduce the incidence and impact of the health of people with mental illness across the range of severity and function.

Workforce and Infrastructure Programme

Description: This programme will be delivered through collective work with other DHBs, Nelson Marlborough PHOs and NGO providers. The intent of this programme will be to assist NMDHB through the Planning and Funding, Provider and Primary & Community Divisions to better understand the workforce requirements, sustainability issues and development opportunities arising from good planning and future’s focusing.

This programme is essential to ensure the resources to enable health and healthcare outcomes are available and sustainable to agreed standards of quality and delivery into the future. Connected information, high-quality data, high quality healthcare and disability support care systems are essential if competent ‘regulated and unregulated’ health professional workforces are to be able to support and improve the outcomes for our population.
The programme also includes the implementation of projects specified in the Information Systems Strategic Plan (ISSP) 2008 – 2013 edition.

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