6 June 2013 (PDF 2.4MB) - Taranaki District Health Board

56Taranaki District Health BoardPrivate Bag 2016New Plymouth 4620New ZealandTelephone 06 753 6139Facsimile 06 753 7770Email corporate@tdhb.org.nzWebsite www.tdhb.org.nzHealth Targets, Quarter Three 2012/1328 May 2013The health targets results for the third quarter of 2012/13 have been released by the Ministry ofHealth.The Taranaki health sector continues to work towards the targets, which are indicative of a widerrange of services and efforts in priority areas.This Quarter Taranaki DHB has improved in all six national health targets. Taranaki is top of all theDHBs for the More Heart and Diabetes Checks Target.Nationally across all DHBs four Health Targets have been met:• Improved access to elective surgery target (106.3 percent)• Shorter waits for cancer treatment (99.9 percent)• Increased immunisation (88.9 percent)• Better help for smokers to quit hospital target (94.8 percent).All other national Health Target results have improved compared with quarter two 2012/13.Planning and Funding, and Population Health General Manger Sandra Boardman said a focus on thesix key areas is important to continue to improve health, reduce inequalities and improve the qualityof health services for Taranaki people. “The targets provide a useful indication of how we are doing”.The health targets for Taranaki DHB are:1) Shorter Stays in ED. Target 95%, Achieved 96%The team continues to focus on improving the flow of patients in our acute pathway work. This hasbeen an enormous effort by the Emergency Department and the whole hospital approach.We are very pleased to have achieved the target with 96% of patients seen in ED admitted ortransferred from the ED within six hours. Nationally the target has continued the trend of increasedperformance this quarter, reaching 94%; the highest result yet.2) Improved Access to Elective Surgery: Target 100%, Achieved 114%Quarter three results for the elective surgery target show the national target has been achieved with116,171elective surgical discharges provided, against a target of 109,293 discharges.Taranaki DHB is one of 15 DHBs to achieve this target and one of 10 to be 5% or more ahead ofplan.3) Shorter Waits for Cancer Treatment: Target 100%, Achieved 100%Nationally, 99.9 percent of patients, who were ready-for-treatment, received their radiotherapy andchemotherapy within four weeks of the decision to treat. We plan to continue this strongperformance and our collaborative relationship with MidCentral DHB to maintain the 100% cancerwaiting time target.4) Increased Immunisation: Target 85%, Achieved 88%Taranaki DHB was one of 17 DHBs to reach the target - 85 percent of eight-month olds are fullyimmunised. Increasing immunisation rates are a priority in order to reduce the incidence ofpreventable disease in our community. We are working closely with PHOs, Hospital Services,outreach immunisation services, National Immunisation Register and Well Child Providers on56