Minutes - Counties Manukau District Health Board

PHAC – 15 March 2012 Page 2 of 4
Topics Discussion Action Items
POAC Update
Deanna
Williams (POAC
Service
Manager)
• A discussion started around two issues. Clinicians not understanding
the cultures of the patients, and their families, that they are looking
after. Also around the lack of numbers of clinicians during the night.
Manu provided PHAC members with some details of how the system
works – clinicians on call that are called back into the hospital, etc.
There was still a feeling that there is room for improvement in this
area.
• Manu advised that it was most important that families complete the
feedback form in order for issues to be progressed through the right
channels whereby their feedback is noted and acted upon.
• Manu talked to the Green Paper Submission produced by the Child
Youth & Maternity team with input from the Maaori & Pacific GMs.
• Sefita was concerned around the lack of Pacific specific input into
much of the documentation circulating the health sector. Sefita
would like to see compulsory Pacific specific input at the formulation
stage of these documents.
• A round table discussion ensued around how Pacific can be invited to
the conceptual stages of these documents and what that might look
like. A group of Pacific experts that must be invited to planning
meetings? The question was asked as to where does MPIA sit?
Should they not be sitting at the table as policy advisors?
• Manu advised that over the next few weeks he will make some
investigations into what is the process from here in regard to the
Green Paper. Where do MPIA and MoH Pacific sit?
• Bernadette would like to see practitioners that are currently out
there working amongst Pacific people sitting at the table.
• The Green Paper submission will go on to be part of the White Paper
which will dictate policy for the next 5 years.
• Manu talked to Pacific Youth Suicide moving into Phase 2. Suicide
prevention material has been developed and disseminated to the
community at large via our LotuMoui champions. Not just to
LotuMoui communities, but Pacific communities in general.
• The Mental Health First Aid program is going to be delivered to
certain people in the Pacific community. Manu has written a report
to the CEO and CMO around this training.
• Rheumatic fever – Anae wants to see any material that is printed in
languages disseminated to the Pacific Islands.
• Dr Chan Mow advised that the distribution of the Rheumatic fever
funds has seen CMDHB only secure a third despite the fact that the
highest numbers of cases are present in the CM region.
David Collings and Nuku Rapana arrived at 2pm.
• Snug Homes & Warm Up – discussion was had around whether or not
an approach can be made to have the criteria removed to negate the
need for families to fill out forms, which is usually a deterrent to
Pacific families.
• POAC is working on bettering the service whereby people presenting
at ED can be discharged to their Primary Care giver and bypass
admission.
• In terms of Cellulitis, whilst information is disseminated to the patient
for their immediate care, POAC are looking to also disseminate more