Welcome

In this 4th edition of NGO PRIMHD NEWS we will

• give a quick update on progress of the national NGO implementation of PRIMHD (the Programme for the Integration of Mental Health and Addiction Data)
• tell you about the  planned forum for software Vendors to display their programmes to community organisations and
• update you with what’s new with the NGO PRIMHD team.

Update on Progress NGO PRIMHD implementation

The total number of mental health and addiction NGOs nationwide is 349

The total number of health and addiction NGOs within PRIMHD scope is 288

The total percentage of MH NGO Providers ‘Live’ - 3% (Reporting to PRIMHD) by Region at the end of May 2010.  Numbers include Phase 1 and Phase 2 providers.

SOFTWARE VENDORS, NGO PROVIDERS and PRIMHD

A number of software vendors have expressed interest in working with NGO providers needing to upgrade their information system in order to produce PRIMHD compliant files. On Wednesday the 18th of August 2010 Platform and the Ministry of Health are hosting a Vendor’s Expo. The vendors will showcase their products in Wellington and answer a set of frequently asked questions.This will enable products to be compared and provide community organisations with the opportunity to ask questions. 

Regional coordinators are currently working to establish a video conference link into this forum in each region. They will provide more information to NGO providers in the coming weeks. We anticipate that Podcasts from the forum will be available on the Platform website so that this information can be widely shared. By the end of June the Platform website will have additional information such as a list of all the possible vendors willing to work with NGOs to produce PRIMHD compliant files. 

New to NGO PRIMHD

Privacy Pamphlet

The Ministry of Health team has developed a pamphlet on how PRIMHD will protect the information reported on people accessing community mental health services. You can see a copy here:  PRIMHD Privacy Brochure

New Team Members

Since the last NGO PRIMHD NEWS new project members have come on board.  Canterbury/ West Coast region gained a Regional Coordinator, Kyle Hawkins, Platform added a Katie Weastell to the support team, Midland has gained Belinda Walker in the role of Regional Coordination Support, and at the Ministry of Health Sharan Foga is the new NGO PRIMHD Project Manager.

Kyle Hawkins: Canterbury/ West Coast

I'm Kyle Hawkins from Richmond NZ. I have been with Richmond for 5 years and was instrumental in setting up their Client Information System and becoming PRIMHD compliant. Richmond was awarded the PRIMHD regional co-ordinators contract for Canterbury, South Canterbury and the West Coast back in February and we officially started in March. Our contract is until July next year.

Belinda Walker: Midland Regional Technical Support Belinda has worked within the health and disability NGO sector for over 10 years. She has worked in a variety of roles from community support worker through to mental health coordinator and most recently in senior management. Belinda has a strong passion for measurable outcomes and outputs that will ultimately improve service delivery for tangata whaiora, and their whanau and significant others. Belinda has been working with PRIMHD since its inception and prior to that MHINC. She has also been a participant in the National KPI Project and brings this experience with her to her new role. She is looking forward to working with NGO’s to support them implementing and maintaining PRIMHD within their individual services.

Sharan Foga: PRIMHD Phase 3 Project Manager, Ministry of Health. Sharan is project manager for PRIMHD Phase 3. Before coming to the Ministry she worked as Project Office Manager on a European software rollout project based in Paris for PPG Industries. She has previously worked for the Ministry delivering the National Non-Admitted Patient Collection (NNPAC) project in 2006.

Katie Weastell: NGO PRIMHD Project Support, Platform Trust. Katie is based in Wellington at Platform Trust, working part-time with Phillipa Gaines in the role at Platform of NGO PRIMHD project support. She has previously worked for C&C DHB in Mental Health and Addiction NGO service planning and funding, with a small local NGO in projects and management, and is currently a postgraduate student at Massey University. Katie’s role is to support NGOs nationwide to report information. 

NGO PRIMHD Issues Register

Platform maintains a national Issues Register which is discussed on a regular basis with the Ministry and which forms part of the agenda for consideration by the Executive Steering Group for PRIMHD. If you have any issues that you think are significant, particularly if they are common to a number of other NGO providers, then please email Phillipa Gaines or Katie.

The PRIMHD NGO Regional Coordinators

Northern region – Soledad (Sole) Labbe-Hubbard
Email: sole@ndsa.co.nz  
Phone:  (09) 580 6888
Midland region – Vivienne Martin  and Belinda Walker
Email: Vivienne.martin@lakesdhb.govt.nz
Mobile: 027 550 5157
All updates on progress and any additional information on PRIMHD (including minutes from the Midland Regional PRIMHD Governance Group, NGO User Group and PRIMHD Coordinators meetings) can be found on the Midland Regional Website. http://www.midlandmentalhealthnetwork.co.nz/page/115-Midland-Region-PRIMHD-Project
Central region– Renata Balfour
Email: renata.balfour@ccdhb.org.nz
Mobile: 027 2692658
Southern Region
Otago/ Southland- Dita Ciulacu
Email: dita.ciulacu@pactgroup.co.nz
Phone: (03) 470 22 33
Nelson/Marlborough- Sonia Tafilipepe
Email: sonia.tafilipepe@nmhs.govt.nz
Phone: (03) 520 9999
Canterbury/West Coast- Kyle Hawkins
Email: khawkins@richmond.org.nz
Phone: (03) 3575 729

NGO PRIMHD Project Contacts
Ministry of Health:
PRIMHD technical issues 0800 505 125, Option 4
PRIMHD data requests data-enquiries@moh.govt.nz
PRIMHD National Rollout Team primhdteam@moh.govt.nz
NGO Contact - Jenny Hurunui-Angus jenny_hurunui-angus@moh.govt.nz (04) 496 2388

Platform:
Phillipa Gaines pgaines@lattice.co.nz
Katie Weastell primhd@platform.org.nz