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Seek feedback from Māori community to ascertain their view about the quality of<br />

patient care for Māori.<br />

Develop/adopt a patient survey to measure patient satisfaction with the care they<br />

receive at their IFHC.<br />

See also the Quality section of the business plan for an overview of the quality<br />

framework.<br />

Year two<br />

Multidisciplinary focus:<br />

Extend programme to include clinical support and educational opportunities for<br />

pharmacists, the wider nursing team (includes community nurses and practice nurses),<br />

and allied health within the IFHC.<br />

Provide integrated professional development for all mental health workers.<br />

Extend recruitment and retention programme to cover all staff.<br />

Year three<br />

Consolidate and review.<br />

Evaluate strategies pertaining to Māori patients and staff.<br />

7 Capability and capacity<br />

This plan picks up the capability and capacity requirements of the other work streams and<br />

collates them into one document.<br />

Considerable progress has made in the last few years in regards to opportunities for training,<br />

professional development activities and quality programmes. This plan extends the work already<br />

done in these areas.<br />

The formation of IFHCs provides the opportunity and resources to enable this plan to support<br />

the wider multidisciplinary workforce.<br />

8 Effect on inequalities<br />

Cultural competency training improves access for Māori and Cornerstone accreditation requires<br />

practices to meet a number of indicators that measure cultural appropriateness. Increasing the<br />

Māori workforce improves access for Māori to heath care.<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 116

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