Bay of Plenty District Health Board health target results

28 February 2012

Please attribute the comments to Chief Executive Officer, Phil Cammish.

The Minister of Health’s health targets for quarter two 2011/12 have been released. The Health Targets were introduced as a way of improving the performance of health services and provide the health sector, both secondary and primary, with a clear focus for action.

The quarter two results report on the months of October, November, December 2011.

I am pleased to note our continued improvements in the Increased immunisation and Better help for smokers to quit targets. These results reflect the tireless efforts of staff both within the DHB, and our primary health providers in these two target areas.

It is pleasing to see the continuing gains in meeting these targets. When comparing our quarter two results between this current year (2011/12) and 2010/11, progress is once again significant in key areas.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board health target results for 2011/12

Improved access to elective surgery

Again, we lifted our performance above the national target of 100% to 105% and received an ‘outstanding’ performance ranking from the Ministry of Health.

Shorter stays in emergency departments

Our performance remains above 90% and in Whakatane Hospital has averaged 99%.

Shorter waits for cancer treatment

Our consistent achievement in this health target was maintained.

Better help for smokers to quit

Another significant improvement for us in this target. The Bay of Plenty has a higher than national average of smokers, at 22% (Census 2006) which is now estimated to have reduced to 18%.

Better diabetes and cardiovascular services

Again there has been a small improvement in this target.

This is the last time this target is measured and is to be replaced with another for CVD. Currently it consists of three distinct components; diabetes detection and follow-up, diabetes management and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment. The target table does not discriminate between the results for each measure; it is solely an average of the three measures.

This is another good quarter for us and consequently for the people of the Bay of Plenty. We will continue to work closely with our PHO partners and other health providers in the region to provide better more convenient health care.

ENDS

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