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Midland region

Welcome to the midland region workforce development page. Here we hope to provide information on the workforce development activities the midland region mental health and addiction sector is engaged in.

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Midland Regional Network background

In 2001, the five DHBs in the midland region - Bay of Plenty, Lakes, Tairawhiti, Taranaki and Waikato - established a regional mental health network in line with the Ministry of Health advice as a means of consolidating the DHBs' spend against Blueprint1 dollars.

In 2005 the Midland Regional Network structure was reviewed and it was agreed that the regional team needed to report directly to the chief executives via the general managers of both planning and funding and Maori health.

The three-tiered structure has the chief executives, general managers’ planning and funding and general managers’ Maori health providing the corporate and strategic leadership to the Midland Regional Network which is comprised of the midland regional director, midland clinical nurse consultant, midland workforce coordinator, midland PRIMHD coordinator and midland administrator. The Midland Regional Network is provided sector advice and action from the regional forums.

What is the Midland Regional Mental Health and Addictions Network?

The Midland Regional Mental Health and Addictions Network consists of the five district health board chief executives, general managers planning and funding and general managers Maori health in the midland region.  Arranged in three regional forums that meet monthly, these three groups provide the leadership and decision making capacity for the Midland Regional Mental Health and Addictions Network.

For more information visit the Midland Regional Mental Health and Addictions Network website

DHB overview

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Waikato DHB

Waikato DHB serves a population of more than 360,000 people, stretching from the northern tip of Coromandel Peninsula to south of Taumarunui, and from Raglan in the west to Waihi in the east. About 40 per cent of its population lives in rural areas.

Lakes DHB

Lakes DHB is responsible for providing and funding healthcare services for the 102,000 people who live in the Lakes region. The Lakes DHB hospitals at Rotorua and Taupo are an example of one of the groups the DHB funds. The others include private providers, Maori providers, mental health service providers and non-government organisations.  Lakes DHB is responsible for ongoing health and disability needs assessment of its population, and for planning health service delivery.

Approximately one third of the Lakes population lives in the Taupo region and two thirds live in the Rotorua region.  A total of 32 per cent of the Lakes population is Maori, and the Lakes region has a small (approximately 3,600 as at 2004) but growing Pacific population.

Taranaki DHB

Taranaki DHB serves a population of 104,280 people, or 2.8 per cent of New Zealand’s population. Between the 2001 and 2006 census, the population usually resident in the region increased by 1,266, or 1.2 per cent.

  • 15.8 per cent of the population are identified as Māori (14.6 per cent nationally).
  • 1.4 per cent identified as Pacific peoples (6.9 per cent nationally).
  • 2.1 per cent as Asian (9.2 per cent nationally).
  • 80.7 per cent as European and other (69.3 per cent nationally).

Bay of Plenty DHB

The Bay of Plenty DHB serves a population of 200,000 on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, taking in the major population centres of Tauranga, Katikati, Te Puke, Whakatane, Kawerau and Opotiki. It has the second fastest population growth rate of all New Zealand’s district health boards.

Tairawhiti DHB

Located in Gisborne, New Zealand, Tairawhiti District Health (TDH) is responsible for funding and ensuring the provision of health services for those in need of personal health and disability services. This work is done in the community and from Gisborne Hospital. In the 2006 census, Tairawhiti had a resident population of 44,499 or 1.1 per cent of the national population. With a population density of 5.3 people square kilometre it is one the North Island’s the most remote and sparely populated districts.

Monthly updates

Let's get real update - November 2009

The midland region has hit the ground running with the implementation of Let’s get real.   The Te Pou ‘Supporting People Supporting Change’ workshop held in Rotorua on 24 September had over 70 people in attendance from across the midland region, setting the scene for the future regional Let’s get real workshop rollouts. 

Since then Haehaetu Phillips, midland region workforce coordinator, has coordinated ‘roadshow’ presentations all over midland, which will wind up in February 2010 with a two day workshop hosted in Waikato and Southern Waikato.

An engagement plan (PDF, 22.6KB) has been developed to map out the regional Let’s get real activities. 

Presentations have been delivered at the five midland regional forums, with support provided from Emma Wood, Te Pou national workforce manager. Workshops have been delivered in the Lakes, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki regions by Haehaetu Phillips, David Bradley and Helen Brownlie. 

Dual presentations with Terry Huriwai (Matua Raki) have also commenced in midland to introduce how Let’s get real aligns with the Takarangi Competency Framework.  

A full implementation plan is currently in the development phase and will be completed by 18 December, 2009.

For more information on the midland region

Haehaetu Phillips
07 349 7955 extn 8481
haehaetu.phillips "at" lakesdhb.govt.nz

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  1. Mental Health Commission. (1998). Blueprint for Mental Health Services in New Zealand: How Things Need to Be. Wellington: Mental Health Commission. (Available from the Mental Health Commission.)
 

Page last updated: 11 May 2010

Haehaetu Phillips

Haehaetu Phillips: The midland region mental health workforce development coordinator.