A snapshot of 2018
Clinical Campus Status for BOPDHB
The success of BOPDHB as a teaching and research facility for the
University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
resulted in our DHB officially becoming a Clinical Campus.
The DHB is only the second outside of Auckland to receive this
status and the fifth in New Zealand.
Established as a 12 month demonstration site, the CCC provides
a single place for people to access community nursing care,
information and support. More information on CCC on page 27. To
date there’s been a shift in more ‘routine’ care being delivered in
general practice. This is set to free up District Nursing to focus on
critical home visits for those who need them most
Health Targets
Stop wasting our patients' time
That's a mantra which was adopted by staff at Tauranga Hospital.
In September a team travelled to the International Forum on
Quality and Safety in Healthcare, in Melbourne, to present on its
Assessment Planning Unit (APU)/Acute Flow work. The innovation
centres on providing more timely care particularly for older
patients. From a strong international line up, the DHB’s work was
selected and recognised for its excellence. A video of the team’s
work was also showcased at the conference’s opening ceremony.
Dr Kate Grimwade (third from left) receives the winner's award on behalf of the
team at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
Improvement has been made with our Health Target results.
By the end of 2017/18 five out of six health targets have been
achieved; Improved Access to Elective Surgery, Faster Cancer
Treatment, Better Help for Smokers to Quit, Raising Healthy Kids
and Shorter Stays in Emergency Departments. Work is underway
to improve our Immunisation coverage rates.
Dramatic improvement in tamariki health
indicator
Manaakitanga, determination and teamwork are behind the
dramatic improvement of a Māori health indicator which has led
to a national target being met for the first time, says the head of
BOPDHB Māori Health Gains and Development Tricia Keelan.
In a little over 18 months the number of Bay of Plenty Māori pre-
schoolers enrolled for free dental health services has risen by
over 2,300. That has resulted in a jump from 59% of the eligible
population enrolled to 96%, exceeding the national target. The
Good to Great team in Māori Health Gains and Development,
working closely with the Community Health 4 Kids team, has been
largely credited for the success.
Bright future: Whetu Matthews (left) with her son Jared Te Iti-Matthews and
General Manager Māori Health Gains and Development Tricia Keelan.
E 3 Flow
In February at Whakatāne
Hospital the E 3 Flow initiative
was launched. Led by Service
Improvement a series of
projects started aimed at
improving the way teams work
across the hospital and with
the wider health sector to save
staff and our patients' time. Data
shows approximately 7 out of
10 patients are going home a
day earlier as a result. Read
more about one of the E 3 Flow
projects on page 5.
Checkup
February 2018
Bay of Plenty District Health Board staff news
E 3 Flow – it's
a winner
– page 5
Gifted artist
gifts painting
Speak up Safely
– page 10
Creating our
Culture – page 12
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Community Care Coordination (CCC)
Organising people’s home healthcare so they receive what they
need, when they need it, and from the best provider was the ethos
behind a new Bay wide community nursing service launched in
March.
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In November the Speak up Safely tool was launched. As part of
Creating our Culture, Speak up Safely promotes the development of
an organisational culture where all staff feel safe to speak up, about
any inappropriate, unsafe and unacceptable behaviours, and the
receiver welcomes the feedback. If we say nothing…nothing changes.