PUBH7011 Health Systems: Analyzing 2016 Health Policy Change in NZ

This presentation provides an analysis of the 2016 health policy change in New Zealand, initiated by the central government through the Ministry of Health. It examines the policy's two parts: Future Direction (2016-2026) and the Roadmap for Action 2016, highlighting the five themes of the future health system: People Powered, Closer to Home, Value High Performance, One Team, and Smart System. The presentation further discusses refreshed guiding principles, emphasizing the acknowledgment of Maori and Crown relationships, improved health status for disadvantaged people, equitable healthcare access, and collaborative communication. It concludes that the policy change is an improvement on the 2000 strategy, integrating the needs of all people, identifying issues, proposing solutions, and setting a plan to ensure the well-being of New Zealanders.

2016 Policy Change In Relation
To Health New Zealand
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Introduction
New health policy change was done in 2016
Involves health strategy that ensures New
Zealand people live well, stay well and get
well
Meant to create changes to solve issues of
healthcare that the 2001 strategy failed to
achieve(Zealand, 2016)
Initiative from central government through
the ministry of health

The strategy
Has two parts
Part A-Future direction
Involves future direction regarding health care
for next 10 years (2016-2026) (Zealand, 2016)
Highlights challenges and opportunities faced by
the health system in the country
Describes the future needed-culture and values
Carries five themes of the future health system

The strategy cont...
Part B- Roadmap for action 2016
Identifies key areas of action
Sets a five year plan of implementing key
areas
Updates will be done after 10 years
Sets out five year signposts with annual focus
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The Five Themes
People powered
Closer to home
Value high performance
One team
Smart system (Zealand, 2016)

People powered
Create wide range of tele-health services
nationally (Frey, Boyd, Robinson, Foster &
Gott, 2017).
Provide information via social media to
support and manage early stage diabetes
 use high integrated health records for
pregnant women and children
Involve priority groups in health design

Closer to home
Partnership between management and DHBS
to avail long term health conditions
Create pathways for early childhood and pre-
school health services
Plan for early fetal spectrum disorder
identification
Obesity reduction initiative

Value high performance
Enhance initiatives that reduce patient harm
Include outcomes in commissioning and
performance management
Apply service and patient user measures of
experience in performance reports
Partnership approach to address major health
expenditure

One team
Rapid spread of information regarding health
services already established
Roll out governance training program
Talent and system wide leadership
management program (Zealand, 2016)

Smart system
Ensure that the processes to identify, assess,
prioritize and procure of new technologies
are well understood and are smoothly
functioning (Exeter, Zhao, Crengle, Lee, & Browne, 2017).

Refreshed guiding principles-new health
system
Acknowledge Maori and Crown relationships in Waitangi treaty
Ensure best health and wellbeing of people
Improve health status for disadvantaged people
Ensure collaborative health promotion, injury and disease
prevention and rehabilitation
Equitable and timely healthcare access to all regardless of cost
pay ability (Trezona, Rowlands, & Nutbeam, 2018)
Ensure high performing system having the confidence of all
people
Partnered communication among communities and people at all
levels
Expanding thinking in relation to healthcare and collaborating
to improve wellbeing

Conclusion
Healthcare policy change is an improvement
of 2000 strategy of care
Integrates the needs of all people including
the disadvantaged and marginalized
Identifies issues and proposes solutions
Sets a plan to achieve the changes
Ensures people in New Zealand live well, stay
well and get well