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Our vision and strategy
Our vision and srategy
Vision
Healthy People. Excellent Care.
Mission
Enable us all to manage our health and wellbeing. Provide excellent care through smarter, innovative delivery.
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Health equity for high need populations
Oranga
- radical improvement in Māori health outcomes by eliminating health inequities for Māori
- eliminate health inequalities for people in rural communities
- remove barriers for people experiencing disabilities
- enable a workforce to deliver culturally appropriate services.
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Safe, quality health services for all
Haumaru
- deliver high quality, timely, safe care based on a culture of accountability, responsibility, continuous improvement and innovation
- prioritise fit-for-purpose care environments
- early intervention for services in need
- ensure appropriate services are delivered to meet the needs of our populations at all stages of their lives.
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People centred services
Manaaki
- utilise the expertise of communities, providers, agencies and specialists in the design of health and care services
- provide care and services that are respectful and responsive to individual and whānau needs and values
- Enable a culture of professional cooperation to deliver services
- Promote health services and information to our diverse population to increase health literacy.
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Effective and efficient care and services
Ratonga a iwi
- live within our means
- achieve and maintain a sustainable workforce
- redesign services to be effective and efficient without compromising the care delivered
- enable a culture of innovation to achieve excellence in health and care services.
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A centre of excellence in learning, training, research, and innovation
Pae taumata
- build close and enduring relationships with local, national and international education providers
- attract doctors, nurses and allied health staff to the Waikato through high quality training and research
- cultivate a culture of innovation, research, learning, and training across the organisation
- foster a research environment that is responsive to the needs of our population.
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Productive partnerships
Whanaketanga
- incorporate te Tiriti o Waitangi in everything we do
- authentic collaboration with partner agencies and communities
- focus on effective community interventions using community development and prevention strategies
- work towards integration between health and social care services.