Cathy Cooney – Acting Chief Executive HealthShare

Cathy Cooney has picked up the Acting CE HealthShare role until 30 June 2012. She also retains her CE lakes DHB role. Cathy says she is delighted to have the opportunity to work with such a high calibre leadership team as they collectively advance the development of an expanded HealthShare over the coming months.

Cathy sees the Regional Mental Health Network team as being a very important division within HealthShare given the extent of the work the team already undertake across all five of the Midland DHBs.

Cathy has been the CE of Lakes DHB since 2001. Cathy’s previous early clinical roles as a midwife, public health nurse and Director of Nursing and Midwifery allowed her to develop an extensive knowledge of the New Zealand health and disability system, and a keen appreciation of the challenges facing health and disability services today.

 

Jim Green – Chair HealthShare Board

 
I am pleased to be the Chair of HealthShare Ltd as it builds on the successful foundation of its audit functions to take on a diverse range of services to support and grow services across the region. The inclusion of regional functions and the development of new services will see HealthShare go from strength to strength. There is a demanding programme ahead but with the drive of the Chief Executive and staff of HealthShare progress is assured.

 

 

HealthShare Board


L-R) Cathy Cooney, Jim Green, Phil Cammish & Craig Climo

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Midland Mental Health & Addictions Network HealthShare Accountability Framework

The Midland Mental Health and Addictions Network sits within the Clinical Services Coordination arm of HealthShare.

 

The Midland Mental Health & Addictions Network team has a multi-layered accountability framework that feeds information up, down and across the multiple stakeholders.  Although the formal upward reporting structure will change over time, it is important that key relationships with the GMs Planning and Funding and Maori Health continue to be maintained and enhanced.  The Midland regional forums will also change over the coming six months as we continue to align the forums into coordinated or managed networks.  The lead Midland GMs are Mary Smith, Lakes DHB for Planning & Funding and Phyllis Tangitu, Lakes DHB for Maori Health.

 

Mary Smith – Midland Lead GM Planner & Funder


Each of the Midland DHBs is responsible for providing and funding health and disability services to improve the health of their resident populations under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000.  In order to continue to provide an effective Planning and Funding communication link between the DHBs and the HealthShare Midland Mental Health & Addictions Network Lakes DHB will continue in the role of lead DHB liaising on behalf of the Midland DHBs’ General Managers, Planning and Funding on Mental Health and Addictions issues.

 

 

Phyllis Tangitu – Midland Lead GM Maori Health

 

As Crown agents, DHBs are required to act in a manner that is consistent with the Treaty of Waitangi principles of partnership, participation and protection in the delivery of health and disability services, in order to address disparities in health.

The lead GM Maori Health will  liaise with HealthShare on behalf of the Midland DHBs’ General Managers, Maori Health, to ensure identification of, and advocacy for, issues around Maori health and inequalities.

 

 

WHAT IS THE MIDLAND MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS NETWORK?

The Midland Mental Health & Addictions Network was established in 2005.  Following a review undertaken by the Midland Chief Executives the network was reconfigured with more emphasis placed on sector wide integration and involvement in regional strategic planning and integration.

A Mission Statement was developed that aligned to the key functions of the network:

 

Mental Health and Addiction Service Development, Workforce Development,
Relationships and Partnerships

 

Underpinned by a vision that was developed in 2005:

“Living well with supportive systems” 

 

The Mental Health and Addictions Network have the following values which drives the way that we work with our regional stakeholders:

Manaakitanga

Integrity

Accountability

We do this by ensuring that we focus on:

Regional connections aligned to national imperatives

Regional service development

 Effective and efficient relationships and partnerships

 Workforce Development