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Health Targets
Health targets are what the Government judges DHB performance on more than any other.
2011/2012 Health Target results
What we are doing to improve our performance
Waikato DHB has prepared a 30-60-90 day plan to improve performance against the 6 hour acute target, which is proving one of the hardest for it to achieve.
The plan focuses on three main areas that drive performance - pre-hospital demand, Emergency Department and front door sub-specialty processing, and bed management and patient transfer.
The full plan is outlined in a recent paper presented to the Board
(9 November Board Meeting, Agenda item 6.5).
A number of actions have already been undertaken
- A Change Team has been set up consisting of senior doctors, registrars and management staff charged with reducing the non-therapeutic delays experienced by patients presenting at Waikato Hospital. The group meets fortnightly and is finalising its work programme;
- A review team from Auckland DHB was invited to review work to date and perceived issues and provide feedback on the plan.
- The Ministry of Health Shorter stays in ED team has visited and inspected the new ED and were pleased with progress since their visit 12 months ago.
- A communications strategy for staff is underway including news-sheets, discussion sheet, regular 'blogs' and target updates on the the staff intranet, posters etc.
The 30-60-90 day plan will adapt and develop in response to circumstances.
I'm not well, where should I go? (poster for public)
A target we must meet (news-sheet for hospital staff)
2010/2011 Health Target results
2009/2010 Health Target results
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