Corporate Publications BOP Strategic Health Services Plan Summary | Page 2

PRIO
PATIENT AND
FAMILY CENTRED CARE –
WHĀNAU ORA
Improving the way the Bay’s health system provides care
for people and their family/whānau closer to where they
live learn, work and play. This means we want to invest
more in community services so that we don't need to
grow our hospital capacity.
Get well
Evolve models of
excellence across all of
our hospital services
Get well
Develop a smart fully
integrated system to
provide care close to
where people live, learn,
work and play
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Stay well
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Empower our
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Stay well
Māori in BOP are comparable to Māori
elsewhere in New Zealand on most
health indicators. A large gap still exists
in the majority of health indicators
compared with non-Māori in BOP. Exciting
opportunities exist for making rapid health
gains for Māori in BOP.
Live well
reducing Māori
inequities in health
Empowering our populations to live healthy lives for
as long as possible. This means we want to encourage
people to stop smoking, encourage people to eat well
and be active, and increase the number of healthy
warm homes.
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obesity
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RITY POPULATION
The Bay of Plenty (BOP) population has generally
good health compared to others in New Zealand, and
generally good access to health and disability support
services. Future projections (based on current state)
indicate the largest potential health gains for BOP
people over the next 10-20 years lie in:
Our Strategic Health Services Plan sets the scene
for what we need to focus on to support our
communities to be healthy and thriving. The health
needs of our communities are changing, and our
population is growing, and we need to be able to
respond to that. This plan will guide us over the next
10 years to provide health services which better
support people to stay well and manage their own
health. We plan to strengthen our focus on providing
integrated health services, intervening as early
as possible, bringing health services closer to the
patient, and providing the right mix of health support
in the right place.
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The Bay of Plenty District
Health Board (BOPDHB)
is one of 20 DHBs in New
Zealand, and one of five DHBs
that make up the Midland region.
We serve a population of 225,320
for the major population centres
of Tauranga, Katikati, Te Puke,
Whakatāne, Kawerau and Ōpōtiki.
Of this 225,320, 32% are under 25
and 25% identify as having Māori ethnicity, and like the
national population, our population is ageing (currently
19% aged 65 or over, and forecast to reach 24% in
2026). Eighteen Iwi are located within our district.
Over the next 10 years, the Bay of
Plenty health system aims to be
recognised as a sector leading,
high performing health system...
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Ensuring our hospital services are patient-centred,
well connected to community-based health services
and focused on delivering care that enables our
patients to return home as quickly as possible. This
means we want to make the patient's journey through
the hospital as quick and easy as possible.