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Health Services Management Assignment

   

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Health Services management1Table of ContentsIntroduction..............................................................................................................................2Answer 1....................................................................................................................................2Treaty of Waitangi.................................................................................................................2Role of the principles.............................................................................................................2Answer 2....................................................................................................................................4Health Funding:......................................................................................................................4Health Structure:....................................................................................................................5Health Legislation:.................................................................................................................5Answer 3....................................................................................................................................6Health care spending..............................................................................................................6Population..............................................................................................................................7Physician Capacity.................................................................................................................7Medical/Information Technology..........................................................................................8Answer 4....................................................................................................................................9Major challenge......................................................................................................................9Vision and Mission Statement...............................................................................................9Strategic Management process...............................................................................................9PESTLE analysis on Health care system of New Zealand..................................................10Conclusion...............................................................................................................................13References...............................................................................................................................14

Health Services management2IntroductionHealth care services can be defined as the services which provide the access to utilize the full range of Medicaid services. It can also be explained as services which help in maintaining and improvising the health of the individuals through the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injury, illness and other physical and mental deterioration in human beings. It further involves all the activities regarding primary care, secondary care and tertiary care along with public health care.The purpose of health care services is to provide the best treatment to the people. It aims at diseases free country. It also aims at generating awareness among people about the health diseases and how to have a healthy life and how to safeguard the body from any critical diseases.Answer 1. Treaty of WaitangiTreaty of Waitangi is an agreement which took place in 6th February 1840 and signed by the members of British crown and chiefs of Maori from the North island of New Zealand. This agreement defines the relationship between Maori population and New Zealand’s government. This is an important document for the history and political constitution of the state of New Zealand. Treaty of Waitangi is a policy which acts as protecting measure for Maori. This policy helps in protecting Maori from adverse effect of colonization (Came, Cornes & McCreanor, 2018). This policy also helps Maori to enjoy the advantages of new society, as the communities of Maori are the chief user of health services and health must be taken as a priority area. The three principles of Treaty of Waitangi are:PartnershipProtectionParticipationRole of the principles of Treaty of Waitangi in the New Zealand’s new strategies of national health:Treaty principles implies in many acts of parliament. The principles of Treaty play an important role in the education system of New Zealand and the way they work. At New Zealand the government system is highly affected by the Treaty of Waitangi which is called as Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the language of Maori (Wilson, 2017).

Health Services management3The relationship between Maori, indigenous people and everyone else is regulates by the policy called Treaty. This policy ultimately protects the rights of Maori and Pakeha (non- Maori) by convincing the government to behave reasonable and act in good faith towards Maori and take the responsibility of in regards with grievances. This policy also introduces some principles which suggest that all the people under New Zealand are equal. In the past, when the resources and the land of the Maori were taken illegally and unfairly at that time Waitangi tribunal took all the legal decisions to benefit the Maori. Incorporation of principles of treaty: It has taken various steps to improvise the health care system of New Zealand with the help of government as it has increased the annual tobacco tax by 10% to reduce the smoking rates. To minimize the alcohol related harm it has introduced the policy called National Drug Policy 2015-2020. To reduce the obesity rate, Childhood Obesity Plan was launched in 2015. In order to raise healthy kids, health target was established in July 2016. The initiative has been taken to have healthy families in New Zealand that makes the families to think differently about the causes behind poor health. NewZealanders future strategies can be explained by the statement ‘All NewZealanders live well,stay well, get well’ is central to this strategy. The most important word in this statement is ‘All’ which implies the fair and great health system which considers all the people equal and takes care of all the key groups including Maori. It also aims at providing good services to disabled people. The principles of Treaty of Waitangi has played vital role in the New Zealand’s new strategies of national health which can be described as follows:Partnership: It is one of the principles of treaty of Waitangi which describes the relationship between the Crown and Maori. As per this relationship Maori is required to share in decision making in regards with their health services to further increase its regulation over their own health. This principle of Treaty of Waitangi helps in servinga helping hand in decision making in regards with health strategies. Important decisions such as; to reduce the smoking rates, it has increased the annual tobacco tax by 10% and to minimize the alcohol related harm it has introduced the policy called National Drug Policy 2015-2020 according to the evidences mentioned in Ministry of Health, 2017 (Ministry of Health, 2017).Protection: This principle called ‘Protection’ makes the Crown obligate in regards with the protection of the interest of Maori in terms of health. It includes the preventive strategies and health promoting activities which ultimately improvise the

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