Te Puna Waiora
Te Puna Waiora Group Manager, Planning, Funding and Population Health:
Te Puna Waiora (TPW), TDH’s funding, service development and public health arm, is responsible for funding all health services in the Tairawhiti district (excluding primary maternity services, disabilities services for people under 65 years and public health services). As part of their funding function, TPW has a service development role, prioritisation and analytical role that identifies health service need in the region and prioritises and funds service development initiatives to improve health outcomes.
Key areas of focus for the Funding and Planning component of TDH are:
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The development of a three yearly District Strategic Plan
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Development of a three yearly Health Needs Assessment
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Development of a District Annual Plan
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Review and improvement in a number of key health service areas including: older persons, mental health services, youth health services, diabetes services, cancer services
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Funding new initiatives with a strong focus on health inequalities, workforce development and improved health outcomes
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Re-configuration of health services e.g. laboratory services configuration
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Audit and Monitoring function of all funded health services
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Project management of new Government initiatives e.g. oral health business case, HPV Vaccine
Te Puna Waiora is also the public health arm of TDH, with a health promotion team focussed on tobacco control, nutrition and physical activity, and health promoting schools, as well as a healthy environments team focussed on health protection, healthy workplaces, and Health Impact Assessments. The Emergency Management function for the DHB is also based within the Population Health team.
Te Puna Waiora also has service delivery functions with responsibility for all health needs assessments and service coordination of people over 65 years of age, and also manages primary health services in the Western rural region through Te Karaka as the main delivery branch.
For more information on each of the areas currently provided through TPW, see below
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