129.037 Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report 2023-24 v8 - Low Res Spreads - Flipbook - Page 18
Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report - 2023/2024
Tiakina Hei
Oranga Mō Te
Whānau
Supporting Primary Care
The Clinical Hub
Care for the Unenrolled Population
The Clinical Hub provides a temporary ad hoc nursing
workforce to Mahitahi Hauora’s rural general practices
by covering staff who are on annual leave. The team
provided 5,475 interventions including calling for
2,676 vaccinations and recalling 896 patients for
smear tests. 583 hours were spent on inbox support
for partner general practices.
When a patient who is not enrolled with a general
practice is discharged from any of our hospitals
Mahitahi Hauora’s Clinical Hub team will contact them
to reiterate the discharge plan, navigate them through
to other services, facilitate enrolment where possible,
and provide healthcare support for those with high
needs. Clinical Hub team has provided consultations
for 178 unenrolled patients, and was able to enrol
111 patients (62%).
This year the Clinical Hub was available six days a week
to care for high-risk patients with COVID-19. Twelve of
our rural general practices utilised the Clinical Hub to
deliver full COVID-19 care for their patients including
prescribing Anti-Virals (AVs).
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