Celebrating and sharing innovation in health

News Release

1 October 2007

Celebrating and sharing innovation in health

‘Innovation for Health – Sharing Knowledge and Building Relationship’ is the theme of the inaugural DHBRF Workshop hosted by the District Health Board Research Fund (DHBRF) Governance Group.

The Workshop will be held from 10 – 12 October 2007 at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.

The DHBRF initiative is a partnership between the 21 District Health Boards of New Zealand and the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) designed to commission research that addresses key knowledge gaps for DHBs and supports and promotes the translation of research into clinical practice.

The Workshop will bring together a range of people working in and around the health and research sectors to share their knowledge and ideas. Key goals of the Workshop include partnership in action; knowledge creation; knowledge brokering and sector environment.

The Workshop’s international keynote speaker is Dr Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation Practice at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement in the United Kingdom. She will talk about the methods being used in the National Health Service in England, and globally, to transform health services.

Other keynote speakers include Minister of Health, Hon Pete Hodgson, Minister of Research Science and Technology, Hon Steve Maharey, Professor Mason Durie, Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Māori Research and Development at Massey University, Mr David Clarke, Managing Director and Chief Executive of Neuren Pharmaceuticals and Director-General of Health, Mr Stephen McKernan.

Along with these exciting keynote speakers, a number of speakers will present on successful health initiatives happening in their organisations.

ENDS

About the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC)
The HRC is the Crown agency responsible for the management of the Government’s investment in public good health research. Ownership of the HRC resides with the Minister of Health, with funding being primarily provided from Vote Research, Science and Technology. A Memorandum of Understanding between the two Ministers sets out this relationship.
Established under the Health Research Council Act 1990, the HRC's statutory functions include:
- advising the Minister and administering funds in relation to national health research policy
- fostering the recruitment, education, training, and retention of those engaged in health research in New Zealand
- initiating and supporting health research
- undertaking consultation to establish priorities in health research
- promoting and disseminating the results of health research to encourage their contribution to health science, policy and delivery
- ensuring the development and application of appropriate assessment standards by committees or subcommittees that assess health research proposals.

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