Introducing the impressive City Vision Health team
Jo Agnew A Registered Nurse, Jo works in Nursing Education and has served on the ADHB for the last nine years. “Nursing must be represented on the ADHB to prioritize patient advocacy and maintain a clinical focus.”
Michelle Atkinson Michelle believes accessible mental health and frontline services are essential to people living healthy lives. She has spent over five years working to improve mental health systems locally and internationally.
Andrea Dawe Andrea is a Registered Nurse and Midwife with extensive experience in maternity, mental health and diabetes. “Great healthcare starts with really listening to people’s needs and concerns.”
Dr Jeanette Elley Dr Jeanette Elley is an IT professional who has spent the last 13 years working in clinical research, statistics, and information management for New Zealand health boards.
Robyn Northey A serving member of ADHB, Robyn has worked her whole adult life in frontline health from Dental Nurse to CEO. “All Aucklanders should receive effective and timely treatment and services.”
Chris Peel A trained Paramedic and Emergency Manager, Chris now works redesigning services. “I’m committed to maintaining a free and accessible health service, built around patients and support staff.”
Dr Gerhard Sundborn Dr Gerhard Sundborn has a doctorate in public health. He is dedicated to solutions- focused research to prevent obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in our communities.
City Vision Health is committed to delivering good decisions for our local communities.
- Public health is about putting people first. City Vision Health works for better services for you and your whānau.
- You will feel confident that the health system will look after you
- Prevention is better than cure. You will have options to help before you get sick
- Well-funded Starship, maternity, and after hours services help our kids get the best care
- Free hospital services will be there when you need them
- If you have particular needs because of old age, disability, or a terminal illness, there will be easy access to support in your community
The current City Vision Health team on the Auckland District Health Board has delivered real improvements for Aucklanders over the last three years by:
- Fighting for adequate funding to meet the health needs of Aucklanders
- Maintaining a skilled workforce that is valued as a true partner of a responsive service
- Working with Māori, Pasifika, and migrant peoples to develop services that meet their needs
- Advocating for policies which recognise the needs of people with disabilities
How many of you Candidates are anti fluoridating public water supplies?
Who would withstand any pressure to maintain your position?
Hi Grace
All members of our team are in support of the fluoridation of public water supply as a key evidence based tool in improving public health.
With any decisions at a board level, we will be making use of the experts available to us. using their advice to ensure decisions are robust and evidenced based.
Chris Peel
City Vision ADHB Candidate
Hi Grace, fluoridation is a very fraught issue, and there are many with strong views on both sides of the debate, so it is a challenging area to deal with. From a policy perspective it pits concerns about the rights of the individual against decisions made for the public good. In such an arena, compromises sometimes have to be made. There is a vast amount of research available to support a variety of views and although I am aware of counter arguments, the current mainstream view in NZ is that on balance it is best to have a small amount of fluoride in the water to reduce the incidence of tooth decay in the wider population. Even though we know that fluoride is not the ideal solution, and certainly can cause problems if taken to excess, on balance it does appear to do some good, so our team is currently taking the conservative approach and supporting the status quo while it is deemed to be beneficial overall. As progress is made on other options, and when what are are now considered to be alternative studies become more a part of mainstream thinking, I would hope that it is a practice that we will be able to move away from in the future. We will be watching the debate, taking advice, and weighing up the options carefully as time progresses.
Any Candidate standing on a plateform of ‘Stop the Slide to Suicide’ and ‘a Violence Free work environment ‘ is only as good as the culture that is devt around the Violence Free concept.
Agree completely, Gayleen. We need to practice what we preach with nonviolence.
Hi Gayleen, you are right that working towards a violence-free work environment is a complex task and involves a whole culture-change approach. The problem of bullying and violence in the work place is one which I know all DHBs take extremely seriously but even so there is always more that can be done to improve matters. When you elect us to the Board we will certainly ensure that best practice is adopted in order to eliminate violence in the DHB workplace to the greatest extent possible. Suicide and violence prevention in the wider community is a much bigger ask of course as it involves so many other factors beyond our control, but it is a goal dear to our hearts and is an important focus for our mental health teams as well as other DHB sponsored projects. We will certainly take advantage of whatever opportunities become available to us, in order to make progress in promoting a violence-free and socially-supportive culture throughout the city.
I would welcome a move to lift salary/ wages to approach the living wage for all workers at ADHB, and will be interested to observe likely ‘buy in’ from prospective members.
Hi Peter
Chris here from the team, definitely believe that if you want to have a high performance organisation you have to have staff that are adequately reimbursed for their efforts. While pay is a key element of it, there are many ways in which the right fit of reward and recognition can be found to keep engagement and performance high. Things like career development, flexible working arrangements. As board members our role is to monitor the performance of the the organisation, so staff engagement, remuneration and the steps ADHB are taking to lift them will be a key focus for any serving member of our team.
Let me know if you want to talk more.
Chris Peel
Hi Peter, City Vision is totally in support of the campaign for the Living Wage and those of us on the DHB ticket will certainly be doing whatever we can to ensure that all workers receive a living wage. Thanks for raising this important issue.
Fantastic team that deserves your votes. They are all aware of the need to refocus priorities closer to Primary Health Care and preventative approaches, with the waves of obesity, diabetes and alzheimers approaching alongside a rapidly growing ageing population. The health system cannot keep pace by continuing to operate in a business as usual model.
Thanks for your support Anne-Marie 🙂