Primary Healthcare: Strategies for Improving Health Conditions in New Zealand

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Task 1
A strong and efficient system of healthcare is very significant in improving the health of
the people of New Zealand. The primary healthcare strategy is also required to tackle the
inequalities of health across the country. The primary healthcare strategy was developed in 2001
for providing a clear direction for developing the health conditions of the population of New
Zealand (Fritz, Brennan & Hunter, 2015). The primary healthcare strategy was prepared after the
submissions about the strategy were received on the discussed document which was released on
the March 2000. The primary healthcare strategy included only services of healthcare which
focused on how to improve the health of people and which strategies must work in reducing the
in equalities of health among several populations. Since then, the primary healthcare services had
been delivering effective services throughout the country and also have witnessed several
challenges and gains in delivering the services. The primary healthcare system requires a well-
established and connected networking environment so that all of the primary healthcare
participants can actively take part in the healthcare services (Davy et al., 2015). The vision of the
primary healthcare services is to focus on the different ways to recover the health of the
populations and also how to reduce the inequalities of health among different populations. For
achieving this the primary healthcare system supported for a change in the healthcare system
which can work in a better way in preventing and supporting the wellbeing of people. There are
six key directions of the strategy which includes that it is very necessary to work with the local
communities and also with the populations who are already enrolled. The next direction is the
inequalities of health should be properly identified and removed. The strategy should provide
access to the comprehensive services for improving, maintaining and restoring the health of the
people. The other strategies includes properly coordinating the care services across the service

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area and developing the workforce of the primary healthcare. The last strategy is maintaining the
continuous improvement of the quality and that also using good and valid information (the
primary healthcare strategy, 2019).
The key directions comprises of all the people who are responsible for providing support
in the improvement of the health and wellbeing of the local people. People who are involved in
the plan are individuals, members of the family, community providers, developmental
organizations, elder people, different organizations providing primary healthcare, private and
general practices, organizations providing management services, NGOs, district health boards
and the Governmental agencies. The key directions for the information environment supports the
fact that the action is not only limited to the healthcare professionals but also it comprises of all
the information of the primary healthcare and it draws attention keeping individual as the central
role and also their contexts (Rahm et al., 2015). The soul of the information environment resides
in associating self-care of health. Self-care of health involves individuals, family, communities
and health providers accomplishing their potential, making results, maximizing their varieties
and being part of the counselling process in the context of their health and wellbeing. It is also
about health practitioners and careers accepting the person in relation to the context of the person
and the populations to which that person belongs. Self-care transfers the health professional’s
role from one of director more to that of organizer (Handayani, Hidayanto, Sandhyaduhita &
Ayuningtyas, 2015).
The New Zealand Cancer Plan provides people with a strategic framework for the programs
which were on going in the country so that people may find more rime to access the excellent
cancer services. The outstanding cancer services would enable people to live a far better life
(Lew, et al., 2016). The principles which guides the New Zealand Cancer plan are to meet the