MDHB News

Planning

A District Health Board is always planning to improve the health status of the people who live in its district. It does this through strategic, annual and service planning. A DHB's achievements are measured and reported publicly.

Strategic & Annual Plans & Reports

MidCentral District Health Board (MDHB) is always looking to improve the health of its district, not only by servicing health needs today, but also planning for the future.
MDHB's Health Priorities

MidCentral DHB has identified 10 priority areas for the next 10 years. This follows an analysis of the district's current health status, MidCentral's projected future health needs and what will make the greatest impact towards improving the health of the district's population overall.
Health Needs

MidCentral District Health Board regularly assesses the health needs of its community and the results are published in the Health Needs Assessment document.
Primary Care Planning

The Future of Primary Care - Towards 2010: Capacity, Sustainability, Collaboration and Innovation.
Hospital Clinical Service Planning

In 2007 MidCentral Health developed a comprehensive Clinical Service Plan (CSP) to provide a strategic framework that identifies the clinical services and models of care that will be needed to be meet the future demand of the population of MidCentral District.
Workforce Planning

The planning, funding and delivery of health services for MidCentral DHB’s district involves a team of over 2,400 people – the majority of whom are health professionals. MidCentral DHB's Workforce Development Strategy aims to to ensure it has an appropriately skilled and experienced workforce.
Emergency Planning

Emergency management ensures communities can effectively respond to disasters and other unplanned events and recover from them efficiently.
Pandemic Planning

A Pandemic - It's not a matter of if, but when'. Find out how MidCentral DHB is planning for a pandemic and what you can do to be prepared.
Current Ministry of Health Alert Status: CODE YELLOW.
Infrastructure

As a District Health Board, MidCentral DHB has a huge range of buildings, equipment and information systems. These form the infrastructure for services and decision-making. Replacement and investment in new assets and informations systems is planned, and this is documented in the DHB's Asset Management Plan and its Information Systems Strategic Plan.
Health Targets

Six national health targets have been established for the NZ Health Sector. These are based on the Minister of Health's strategic priority areas. The health targets form part of MidCentral DHB's district annual plan.
Regional Clinical Service Planning

The Regional Clinical Services Plan (RCSP) was initiated by the combined boards of the six Central Region DHBs. They are Capital & Coast, Hawke’s Bay. Hutt Valley, MidCentral, Wairarapa, and Whanganui DHBs. The RCSP is a draft plan for the delivery of secondary and tertiary (hospital) health services in the Central Region (lower North Island) over the next 10-15 years.