District Strategic Plan

The District Strategic Plan sets out the broad direction MidCentral District Health Board intends to take for the planning and purchasing of health and disability services until 2015.

MDHB's District Strategic Plan

The District Strategic Plan goes across a continuum of health and wellbeing that includes:

  • Health promotion and prevention
  • Early detection and intervention
  • Diagnosis and treatment
  • Support, habilitation and rehabilitation
  • Palliative care
  • Research and surveillance



Image Caption

"Quality living - healthy lives" is MidCentral DHB's vision.

Working Toward Achieving the Vision – “Quality Living, Healthy Lives”


The District Strategic Plan describes in detail MDHB’s long-term pathway to achieve its vision of “Quality Living, Healthy Lives”.

Long Term Outcomes

MidCentral DHB wants to achieve these ten outcomes for its communities' health and wellbeing:

  1. People enjoy healthy lifestyles within a healthy environment
  2. The healthy remain well
  3. Health and disability services are accessible and delivered to those in need
  4. The health and wellbeing of Iwi Maori is improved
  5. Quality of life is enhanced for people with diabetes, cancer, respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease and other chronic (long duration) conditions
  6. People experiencing a mental illness receive care that maximises their independence and wellbeing
  7. The needs of specific age-related groups, eg older people, children/youth are addressed
  8. The wider community and family supports and enables older people and the disabled to participate fully in society and enjoy maximum independence
  9. Oral health is improved for people within MidCentral's district
  10. People's transition through the health and wellbeing continuum is well managed and informed

Measuring progress toward long term outcomes

The Ministry of Health has developed a set of indicators which, when viewed collectively, provide a picture of New Zealand's health. MidCentral DHB will be using these indicators and the data relating to its district.

The indicators cover all stages of life from infants through to older people, as well as "whole of life" measures.


More information about each of MidCentral DHB's 10 Health Priority Areas is available.



Print this Page

Last Updated 12/11/2009


MidCentral DHB Health Targets.

MidCentral DHB Health Targets

Information & links about MidCentral DHB & national health targets.

Don't let the flu get you!

Don't let the flu get you!

2010 Immunisation Campaign - Don't let the flu get you!

Palmerston North Hospital

Palmerston North Hospital

General information about Palmerston North Hospital.

Website Feedback

Website Feedback

Please tell us what you think of the MidCentral DHB website.

ABC Smoking Cessation Approach - Ask About the Elephant.

ABC Smoking Cessation Approach

ABC Smoking Cessation Approach - Ask About the Elephant.

centralAlliance Regional Services

centralAllianceRegional Services

Information, updates and progress about centralAlliance initiatives.