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Keeping up to date
KPI Framework Phase II report
The Key Performance Indicator Framework for New Zealand Mental Health and Addiction Service, Phase II: Live Test of the Framework report can be downloaded here on the Ministry of Health website.
Measuring mental health performance - the KPI Framework
Associate Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has welcomed the roll out of
an initiative to improve the quality of mental health and addiction services.
The Key Performance Indicator Framework for Mental Health and Addiction Services
was developed in 2007 with input from sector representatives. It focuses on
sharing good practices between District Health Boards and promoting improvements
in service delivery.
Nine DHBs and some non-government organisation partners took part in an 18-month
live test of the framework. A benchmarking process was established to help
DHBs compare their key performance data with a view to making improvements
in service delivery. Following a successful test phase, the third phase of
the project now includes all 20 DHBs.
The project builds on similar work conducted in Australia but the New Zealand
programme has been designed specifically for New Zealand mental health and
addiction services and addresses current important issues in the sector.
Office of the Director of Mental Health- Annual Report 2009
The fifth annual report of the Office of the Director of Mental Health is
available on the Ministry
of Health website.
The report comprises three sections: an overview of the legislative and service
delivery contexts in which the Director of Mental Health Office operates;
the work carried out by the Office in 2009; and statistical information.
Mental Health: Service use in New Zealand, 2007/08
In October 2010 the Ministry of Health published data extracted from the
Mental Health Information National Collection reporting on service use in
New Zealand covering the year ended 30 June 2008. The publication is available
on the Ministry
of Health website.
Key findings include:
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- District Health Boards saw 100,575 mental health clients in 2007/08
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- of clients seen in 2007/08, 20.6 percent identified themselves as Maori,
4.9 percent as Pacific peoples and 3.0 percent as Asian - slightly higher
than the corresponding percentages in 2006/07
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- the most commonly used teams were community teams (54,504 clients) in
2007/08
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- general practitioners were the most common source of referrals in 2007/08
(21,243 clients)
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- clients of Asian ethnicity (22.5 days) and Pacific ethnicity (21.2 days)
had longer average length of stays in inpatient facilities than Maori
clients (16.3 days) and clients of other ethnicity (15.6 days)
PRIMHD software vendor expo
The NGO PRIMHD Vendor Expo was organised by Platform and the Ministry of
Health on the 18th of August 2010. The expo was attended by NGO providers
interested in what software vendors providing PRIMHD compliant files have
on offer.
Written information provided by IT vendors plus video files of the vendor
presentations at the expo are available on the Platform
website.
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Third quarter results of DHB targets published
The third quarter DHB target reports are now available as downloads on the
Ministry
of Health website.
The targets focus on hospital performance: Shorter stays in Emergency Departments,
Improved access to Elective Surgery, Shorter waits for Cancer Treatment Radiotherapy,
Increased Immunisation, Better help for Smokers to Quit, and Better Diabetes
and Cardiovascular Services.
Independent reporting of Health Information in Australia
The Australian Bureau of Health Information was established in September
2009 as a major initiative of the Australian government's 'Caring Together:
The Health Action Plan for NSW' (http://healthactionplan.nsw.gov.au)
to provide an independent and transparent system of reporting the quality,
performance and effectiveness of NSW health services.
Independent reports will be available to the community and government, and
the bureau
will also provide doctors and nurses with information to enable them to compare
the performance of their services in providing quality care to their patients.
Platform & PRIMHD
The Platform Trust is working with the Ministry of Health to promote the use and benefits of PRIMHD reporting for NGO providers. Platform is also working to support the PRIMHD Regional NGO Coordinators with the implementation process.
News Archive
More recent news stories of interest to the Mental Health sector are
available in the News Archive...
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