Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
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Year two:<br />
Maintain deliverable/activities from year one. Monitor & audit progress & changes.<br />
Extend MedTech across all health centres and for all community nursing and allied<br />
health.<br />
Develop a client load aligned with practice populations, eg. each physiotherapist, social<br />
worker or specialist nurse relates to one (or more) health centres and may see patients<br />
there. They will be members of the multi disciplinary team.<br />
Review the location of sexual health services, with a view to them being located in IFHCs<br />
Year three<br />
<br />
Build on and maintain previous years work.<br />
7 Capability and capacity<br />
Capability and capacity are core aspects of this plan and are therefore covered in the above<br />
sections.<br />
8 Effect on inequalities<br />
This work stream focuses on those who are current frequent users of the health system,<br />
including the frail elderly, and aims to improve their care. While focusing on optimizing care for<br />
those who do frequently interact with the health system, it will be important to ensure that<br />
those who typically don't benefit, and are disconnected, from the health system (but who could<br />
benefit from better care) are not forgotten. It is intended that achieving better (as distinct<br />
from more) care for those patients currently utilizing the health system frequently, will free<br />
resources that can then be focused onto meeting the needs of Māori and Pacific peoples.<br />
9 Evidence for this initiative<br />
The need for new models of integrated care for the aging population and those with long term<br />
conditions has been well described by Rosen and Ham 44 :<br />
44 Rosen R, Ham C. Integrated <strong>Care</strong>: lessons from evidence and experience. Report of the 2008 Sir Roger Bannister<br />
Annual Health Seminar by R Rosen, Nuffield Trust , C Ham, University of Birmingham<br />
Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 58