Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
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ongoing GP shortage creating an environment where:<br />
- it can take up to 20 days for a routine appointment, disadvantaging those with<br />
more difficulty using the system<br />
- a number of medical practices have had closed books, including at one stage all<br />
practices in Greymouth (now only one of three), meaning those who were<br />
unregistered could not register, compounding the inequalities as Māori are<br />
disproportionately represented in the unregistered population<br />
- consults can be rushed, which is not conducive for providing holistic whanau ora<br />
services.<br />
5. What are the determinants of this inequality?<br />
Socio-economic, culture, living conditions, geographic location, social and community<br />
influences and behavioural determinants all impact on the development and maintenance of<br />
inequalities in primary care access, utilization and health outcomes.<br />
6. How has the Treaty of Waitangi in the context of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Public Health and<br />
Disability Act 2000 been addressed?<br />
Māori are entitled to the same health status as other West Coasters, and addressing the<br />
existence of inequalities in enrolments, access and outcomes for Māori, requires a specific<br />
and dedicated focus.<br />
The Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) Model is a more holistic model of service<br />
delivery, utilizing a greater range of health practitioners, including kaiawhina/navigators<br />
within multi-disciplinary teams that are in turn more integrated with community and<br />
secondary health services.<br />
Ensuring Māori benefit more than non Māori, from the implementation of Integrated<br />
Family Health Centres will contribute to reducing the existing inequalities in enrolments<br />
and access to services and health outcomes. Employing specific Māori nursing positions<br />
within each integrated family health centre, employing a kaiawhina to focus on improving<br />
enrolments, developing Māori workforce, and increasing mainstream service effectiveness<br />
by increasing cultural competencies among non-Māori staff are identified as the dedicated<br />
focus to achieve.<br />
7. Where/how will you intervene to tackle this issue? (use the Ministry of Health<br />
Intervention Framework to guide your thinking).<br />
The proposal intervenes at the Health and Disability Services level of the Intervention<br />
Framework to improve health and reduce inequalities. Specifically:<br />
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