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Appendix Five: Long term conditions<br />

1. Aspirational statement:<br />

Every patient with a long term condition will have the clinical care and support they need to<br />

achieve good health outcomes.<br />

2 Project overview<br />

The West Coast Long Term Conditions (LTC) Management Strategy was developed in 2006 by<br />

the West Coast District Health Board i(WCDHB) in collaboration with the West Coast <strong>Primary</strong><br />

Health Organisation (WCPHO), Community & Public Health (CPH) (the local public health<br />

provider), NGOs and Māori and consumer representation. This strategy is underpinned by<br />

Wagner‟s Chronic <strong>Care</strong> Model 32 and the Continuum of <strong>Care</strong> approach. The LTC Steering Group<br />

continues to meet regularly and oversees the implementation of the various aspects of the<br />

framework by each of the contributing organisations.<br />

As part of that strategy the PHO redesigned all its LTC programmes (<strong>Care</strong> Plus, Diabetes<br />

Annual Review, Cardiovascular Annual Reviews, Diabetes Self Management Education groups,<br />

Coast Quit smoking cessation) into one overall LTC management programme in 2008.<br />

Implementation of this programme began in 2009, assisted by Ministry of Health funding to use<br />

the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Breakthrough Series 33 approach to quality<br />

improvement.<br />

This project builds on the work already done, particularly in regards to enhancing the<br />

integration of care for those with high complexity LTCs and to providing extra health navigation<br />

support services.<br />

3 Background and Problem definition<br />

DHB wide strategy<br />

The DHB strategy contains a framework that incorporates all DHB, primary care and NGO<br />

activity around LTCs and is updated on an annual basis to ensure that all groups are working<br />

32 Wagner EH. Chronic disease management: What will it take to improve care for chronic illness? Effective Clinical<br />

Practice. 1998;1:2-4<br />

33 Wagner - find Wagner E, Austin B, Davis C, Bonomi A., Provost L, McCulloch D, Carver P, Sixta C. Quality<br />

Improvement in Chronic Illness care: a Collaborative approach. J Q Improvement 2001; 27(2):63-80. 33<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 38

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