City Vision Health’s pledge to you, our policies and our values
Our Pledge:
As your board members, we will:
- Act in a financially responsible manner with a balanced approach to spending.
- Understand the experiences of people using healthcare, and work with them to build better services.
- Engage with communities to understand and advocate for their health concerns.
- Be sensitive to the concerns of the health workforce.
Detailed policies for the Auckland District Health Board:
We believe our communities need a strong, accessible primary healthcare system, as the foundation of healthcare services. This includes:
- Supporting communities to stay healthy.
- Prioritising the prevention of illness such as diabetes, asthma, and rheumatic fever.
- Reducing the risk of infectious diseases.
- Quality screening services.
- Development of accessible primary mental health services.
- Building further on the wellness budget. Commitment to creating the findings of the government enquiry.
- Fostering excellent collaboration between health professionals and community organisations including Whānau Ora, and Well Child providers.
- Authentic partnerships with mana whenua, Māori, Pasifika, migrant, and emerging communities to develop culturally responsive services.
- Planning effectively for population growth so that health services have sufficient capacity now and in the future.
- Supporting and expanding the health workforce, including mid-wives and nurses.
- Quality, affordable services for people with disabilities.
- Empowering older people to live an independent life.
- Better access to palliative care.
Core Values:
City Vision supports the ongoing access to quality, accessible hospital care and specialist services that are essential to recovering if we become unwell or have an accident. This includes:
- Free hospital services there when you need them.
- Shorter wait time for surgery.
- Timely access to specialists, and excellent collaboration with primary care.
- Excellent Starship and specialist children’s services to help our kids get the best care.
- Providing innovative tools and technologies that allow our staff to deliver top quality care.
- Improved range and quality of maternity services.