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and increases in the numbers of patients with LTCs managed in a proactive and planned manner<br />

as shown in the following table:<br />

Enrolment Comparisons<br />

December 2008 December 2009<br />

<strong>Care</strong> Plus enrolments 51% 80%<br />

Level 1 enrolments 0 1061<br />

Level 2 enrolments 0 300<br />

Level 3 enrolments 0 27<br />

COPD enrolments 0 74<br />

CVD annual reviews 558 675<br />

Diabetes annual reviews 55 Māori reviewed<br />

35% Māori smoking<br />

61 Māori reviewed<br />

26% Māori smoking<br />

Cardiovascular risk and diabetes screening<br />

Active screening is in place for both cardiovascular risk and for diabetes, with follow-up<br />

management and support. The programme can profile and monitor cardiovascular risk<br />

assessments where people have a greater than 15% risk of having a cardiovascular event within<br />

the next 5 years. These identified patients are closely followed up with interventions to reduce<br />

their risk, and provide patients with the individual supports they require for self management<br />

and risk reduction.<br />

Cancer navigators<br />

The PHO has had pilot funding from the Ministry of Health to provide a Cancer Lay Navigator<br />

service for three years, finishing in June 2010. Programme evaluation reports have shown that<br />

the navigators have developed excellent skills in supporting predominantly low socio-economic<br />

and Māori people to access the health care and social support systems they need in order for<br />

their condition to be appropriately managed. There is growing international support for the use<br />

of lay navigators to support patients with LTCs 38 and opportunity to expand the role of this<br />

workforce to include LTCM.<br />

Clinical nurse specialists and allied health<br />

The clinical nurse specialist‟s are experienced clinicians in their respective fields of cardiac,<br />

respiratory, diabetes, oncology, urology, palliative care and AT&R. This specialised group of<br />

nurses provide clinical management to people with sometimes very complex needs. Some nurses<br />

work across two specialty areas like cardiac and respiratory which proves as a great advantage<br />

to continuity of care and management of these patients.<br />

38 Improving access to cardiac care report: http://www.libin.ucalgary.ca/documents/news/Libin-2008-07-23.pdf . accessed 14<br />

Jan 2010<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 43

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