Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report 20222023 FINAL v17 - Flipbook - Page 11
2022/2023 - Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report
^ Mahitahi Hauora Leadership Team, 2022/23 Back row, from le昀琀: Sandra Wilkinson, Partnership Services
Manager; Warren Moetara, Director of Equity*; Jensen Webber, Chief Executive O昀케cer; Conrad Malotā, GM
Digital & Data; Rhoena Davis, Director of Nursing. Front row, from le昀琀: Bernie Hetaraka, Mental Health
Manager; Trish Hayward, Communications Manager; Cilla To昀椀lau, Strategic Programme Manager; Cristina
Ross, Network & Innovation Manager; Ian Hartley-Dade, GM Operations*; Tammy Ve琀琀e, EA to CEO and
GMO. Absent: Dr Libby Prenton, Clinical Director; Juliet Espiner, Human Resources Manager; Angelika
Thorn, Business Partner*; Gay Cook, Finance Operations Partner. * Ian, Warren and Angelika all le昀琀
Mahitahi Haoura during the year.
Opportunities to explore health
and well-being issues from a
regional perspective have vastly
improved this year. This has
exposed differences which have
enabled a fairer distribution of
resources. We welcome this
transparency, which is essential
to meeting our commitment to
healthcare equity.
The Primary Options Acute
Demand Management service
(POADMs) relieves pressure on
hospitals by paying for healthcare
in the community rather than
at the hospital. The service
makes care more accessible to
patients and is free for those
who otherwise can’t afford it.
Hospital care is more expensive
than primary care and the service
therefore increases ef昀椀ciency by
reducing admissions.
Our Winter Wellness programme
is a preventative approach which
funds nurse-led consultations
in General Practice. It provides
a comprehensive review and
onward referral of patients
suffering from Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The
programme is another example
of how we relieve pressure on
hospital care, which increases
ef昀椀ciency while also improving
the lives of our whānau.
For Northland, as in many other
rural communities throughout
Aotearoa, new pay parity
investment in the healthcare
sector has had a transformative
impact, especially in helping
to retain staff in the caring
professions. There has also
been signi昀椀cant investment
in developing a Te Ao Māori
framework for healthcare, which
is exciting and welcome, if
overdue.
The following section of our report
provides more detail on some
of our achievements over the
2022/23 昀椀nancial year.
“I acknowledge the dedication of my leadership team in serving the needs
of whãnau. I commend their resilience and their perseverance as they work
to solve the many complex issues we face.”
- Jensen Webber, Chief Executive Of昀椀cer
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