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Board seeks public input on Community Nursing and Allied Health options
The Board of C&C DHB will soon be calling for submissions from the community on options for community nursing and allied health services, after today agreeing on the process for a full public consultation.
The options have been developed after extensive discussions with a large working group of key stakeholders, feedback from staff, the Board’s Public Health Advisory Committee (CPHAC), and community groups.
The options will soon go out to staff and members of the public as part of a full public consultation.
C&C DHB Director of Nursing & Midwifery Cheyne Chalmers says the options are very wide ranging and keep in mind the focus of improving community health services for patients and their families, and staff. Key to the options is to create better access to services, reduce overlaps in delivery of care, reduce and remove barriers to receiving care and to close any gaps in services.
“The key issue is ensuring we enhance the existing service to our patients and retain the significant and integral expertise of our staff,” Cheyne says.
“Under all the options, the district nursing service will be retained. We know that our district nurses are a precious resource and provide an essential service. We will be making sure their extensive knowledge and skills are harnessed and supported in whatever form future services take.”
The next step is for the consultation options to be provided to staff before the papers are released for submissions from the wider community. It is important that the members of staff affected are able to view the papers before the papers are released publicly.
The full public consultation will be held between 17 October and 29 November 2007.
Recommendations will be presented to the Board, along with a report on the outcomes of the consultation, in the New Year.
No decision will be made by the Board until at least March 2008.
The Board believes that all feedback on this project is extremely helpful and all comments and suggestions will be carefully considered before any decisions are made.
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