2012 - 2013

 April 2013 - Wellington

This Forum's theme was Maximising Our Collective Impact. The event was attended by 265 people from 163 organisations.

Speakers and presentations included:

• Political analyst and commentator, Colin James (www.synapsis.co.nz)
• The Minister of Health, the Hon. Tony Ryall
  • Listen to the Minister speaking on YouTube
• Questions and answers with Ministry of Health leaders:
  Chai Chuah (National Director of the National Health Board),
  Richard Morris (Chief Financial Officer at the Ministry of Health)
  and Graeme Osborne (IT Director, National IT Board)
  • Ministry of Health responses to additional questions (docx, 36 KB) (PDF, 150 KB)
• Doug Craig from the State Services Commission on Better Public Services (PPT, 524 KB
• Gill Genet from Careerforce on the National Qualifications Review
  • National Qualifications Review slides (PPT, 1.57 MB)
  • Watch Gill presenting on YouTube

Concurrent sessions were

• Gill Hall from ACC testing ideas on new models of injury rehabilitation (PPT, 1.68 MB)
• Lesley Cornish and Nicky Beechey from the Commerce Commission on mergers and collaborating safely (PPT, 3.8 MB)
• John Wilkinson on ways to engage in the Ministry of Health's policy development process (PPT, 311 KB)
• Ben Knight (Loomio) & Viv Maidaborn (Enspiral) on collaboration made easy with technology (PPT, 1.45 MB).

See the 2013 Forum Programme (PDF, 730 KB) for an overview of the day's events.

March 2012 - Wellington

This first National Forum since 2010 proved popular – with a flurry of registrations seeing the registration limit raised to 300 theatre style. On the day, 265 people from a broad range of NGOs and other health providers came together to network and share useful information about improving health outcomes.

The Forum's theme was "Health Care in the Community – Connections, Collaboration & Challenges"

Speakers and presentations included:

• The Hon. Jo Goodhew, Associate Health Minister and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector (www.beehive.govt.nz)
• Chai Chuah, National Director of the National Health Board, Ministry of Health
• A keynote address on ‘Future Pressures on the Health System’ – exploring health disparities and ethical frameworks, by Barry Smith, Population Health Analyst from Lakes DHB
  Future Pressures on the Health System (PPT, 1.15MB)
• Joanne Hayes from Awatea Management Solutions Ltd talking about NGO-related initiatives at the Southern PHO
  Health Care in the Community, Connections, Collaborations and Challenges (PPT, 270 KB)
• Expert panellists sharing their visions for the future of primary health care. Panellists were:
  • Dr Lynne Lane from the Mental Health Commission
  • Kindra Douglas from Victory Village Nelson
  • Martin Taylor from the Aged Care Assn
  • Materoa Mar – Director of Maori Health at Compass Health
  • Anthony Hill, the Health and Disability Commissioner
  • Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Acting Deputy Director-General Sector Capability
    & Implementation, Ministry of Health
• Trish Hall from Thought Partners presented on ‘Mindsets and Tools for Collaborating in Primary Care’
  Mindsets and Tools for Collaborating in Primary Care (PPT, 1.15MB)
• Workshop discussions on overcoming barriers to collaborative community health services also explored ideas for creating solutions.
  Workshop discussions on overcoming barriers to collaborative community health services (PDF, 493 KB)

• Summary notes of group discussions (PDF, 1.05 MB)
   
• 2012 National Forum report and evaluation survey comments (PDF, 1.15 MB)