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Nelson Bays
Primary Health News:
Shifting Some
Hospital Services to the Community -
Update
A project that will see
some services provided in hospitals transferred to community-based practitioners
is underway across Nelson and
Marlborough.
The Government requires DHBs to identify
services, currently delivered in hospitals, that could be delivered
in the community. Nelson Marlborou gh DHB, Nelson Bays Primary Health and Kimi
Hauora Wairau (Marlborough PHO) are
working together to assess services for inclusion in the
project.
The goal of this project is to transfer services that
would give patients sooner and more convenient access to health care
and ultimately free up resources within hospitals.
NMDHB Chief
Medical Advisor, Dr Andre Nel said, "Throughout this project there
would be a strong focus on ensuring that we maintained high quality
services."
He said the Minister had made it clear that free services
should remain free to patients and that current General Practice fees
should not be affected.
So far discussions have identified GP
access to diagnostics, which was a pilot project, sleep apnoea
services and some rheumatology services.
The project would also
align with the Minister of Health’s priorities in identifying ways
to establish Multi-disciplinary, Integrated Family Health Centres.
These centres would ideally provide these services from a central
site in the community.
A plan of
services to be shifted and how this process will be conducted will
be produced by September 2009. This plan would provide the blue
print for implementation in 2010/11.
The PHOs will implement these services
into the community setting as they were responsible for the
coordination and organisation of primary health care services.
Multi-year PHO contracts would be developed to ensure continuity of
service, said Dr Nel.
A Question and
Answers sheet is available here.
Launch of Chin
DVD
"Healthy
Living in New Zealand: Child Nutrition and Oral Health". 6pm Friday
7th August, at Victory Community Centre, Totara Street,
Nelson
 After much time, effort and learning by all
parties the ‘Settling In’ Health Sector Group are proud to announce
the launch of this dual-language health information DVD to support
the growing Chin Community in transitioning to life in New Zealand.
The Chin are an ethnic minority from Burma (Myanmar)
many of whom have come to New Zealand and settled in Nelson as
refugees. The Chin language is quite distinct from Burmese and as
such there have been communication challenges as interpreters and
health resources are rare.
The Settling In Group, a collaborative group
of health and social services agencies working with refugees
and immigrants, identified this problem and set about resolving it.
In consultation with Chin Community leaders, this DVD is the
outcome - targeting in particular families with young children. Nelson
Bays Primary Health, particularly Community Nutrition Service and
Health Promotion staff, contributed to efforts alongside a number of
other agencies and the Chin Community to fund and develop the
final product. In particular thanks are due to Keith Hawke and
his production company for their time and effort in seeing this project
come to fruition.
Click here
for more information.
Community transport for
accessing health services
Looking at options around the region.
 We are currently investigating
community transport options for accessing health services in the
Nelson/Tasman area. We seek your thoughts and knowledge on this
including how many people need transport, how often and how it is
achieved. We would like to know what you, or an
organisation you are affiliated with, currently do when people need
assistance with transport to get to medical/health appointments in
the Nelson and Tasman area.
From your feedback we will be able to
understand:
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If this is an issue that needs
addressing;
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If organisations currently provide
transport internally for their organisations; and
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To what level this transport takes
place and if it is resourced in any way.
More information about the project
and the questionnaire is provided
here. A response to this would be gratefully received.
Vacancy: Breastfeeding
Advocate
Nelson Bays Primary Health is seeking a
Breastfeeding Advocate for a part-time 0.3 FTE fixed term for one
year.
 The role will assist with the implementation of our
Breastfeeding Co-ordination service. We are aiming to improve
breastfeeding rates through a range of strategies across different
settings. An important focus of the role is to enhance breastfeeding
education and support for disadvantaged groups.
Relevant tertiary
qualifications, experience in the health sector as well as being
passionate about the benefits of breastfeeding are
requirements.
Closing date is 11th August 2009.
For a detailed position description
and application form go towww.bewell.org.nz/vacancies
Primary Health Care
News:
South Island Cancer
Services Stocktake
Report now available
The New Zealand Regional Cancer Networks have a
role to facilitate the coordination of services across health
providers at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels by bringing
the various providers and consumer organisations together to ensure
effective cooperation and integration of services. The Networks also
provide the mechanism for organisations and people to work with each
other to plan and coordinate services in line with clearly defined
national standards of
treatment.
A full
report is now available that provides a comprehensive overview
and measure of cancer services provided in the South
Island.
Professional
Development:
New Bachelor of Nursing Maori
commences.
Bachelor of
Nursing Maori set to provide major contribution to Maori
health
The Bachelor of Nursing Maori has jumped
through the last hoop of its approval and is set to begin in July
2009.
Whitireia Community Polytechnic will become one
of only two providers of a nursing programme for Maori in the
country and already offers a Bachelor of Nursing and a Bachelor of
Nursing (Pacific) and postgraduate qualifications to seven District
Health
Boards.
Approval from the Nursing Council and the
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics Quality was granted last
week and enrolments are now
open.
For more information go to http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news?article=ddeea526-929e-454c-83e1-357b92a6740b
Easy Evaluation 3 Day
Workshop.
8 – 10 September 2009, Nelson
Grand Mercure, Nelson
This course is for people working in public health with little
evaluation experience. Read more about the course here.
Be Well Website Links:
The Be Well website continues to
be updated. Some recent additions include:
Other
Notices and Links:
The following information may be of interest to all Primary Health Care providers, community based groups and those interested in wellness throughout the region.
Parenting Into The Future.
Monday 27 July, Motueka High School Staff Room.
7pm-8:30pm.This is FREE and light refreshments will be
provided. If
you are want to know more about how to build and maintain a
successful relationship with your kids and support them with their
education, then attending the ‘Parenting into the Future’ Forum,
might be a great starting point! For more information download
an information sheet.
Wheels
- Whakatu Hearing and Early Education and Literacy Service
is offering a free drop-in service running from 17th August until
21st September 2009 from 11am until 12.30pm at Stoke School Hall, 301
Main Road, Stoke. For more information about the service download
an information sheet.
GP Advisor to
PATHS - Kimi
Hauora Wairau (Marlborough PHO) is seeking expressions of
interest for the role of GP Advisor for the PATHS contract.
PATHS (Providing Access to Health Solutions)
is a Work and Income contract which supports people who are on
the Sickness or Invalids Benefit and have unmet health needs
which prevent them from working. For more information download more
information here.
 Free Recipe Book. Cheap Eats for
the Heart is the Heart Foundation’s FREE recipe book resource which
is available to download online. Please refer to the ‘Healthy
Eating’ section of the Heart Foundation’s website (www.nhf.org.nz) to download a word
version of the cook book.
 The Be Well Community
Nurse, Penny Molnar, is available to assist GPs and
Practice Nurses with accessing services and resources that fall
outside their areas of work. Contact Penny ~
Monday to Thursdays on 546 8385 or 021
349819
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