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Whānau Ora Update Kia ora tatou, In this issue we spend some time with the DHB and collectives in the Bay of Plenty region. Check out the conversation with Janet McLean, Janice Kuka and Linda Steel to see what we can learn about teaming up to make an ongoing difference in the communities around us. And as always, if you have a story or an initiative you’d like to share or learn more about, drop us a line at [email protected] BOPDHB Working Alongside Collectives This month we decided to learn a bit more about what’s going on over in the Bay of Plenty and had the opportunity to spend some time talking with Janet McLean (General Manager Māori Health), Linda Steel (Chairperson, Te Ao Mārama Whānau Ora Collective Trust) and Janice Kuka (Board Member, Ngā Mataapuna Oranga Kaupapa Māori) about how they are working together to see greater health outcomes in their region. “Well, perhaps the first thing to note is that for many of our providers, Whānau Ora is not a new concept,” says Janet McLean. “However, when Te Puni Kōkiri was asked by Minister Turia to implement Whānau Ora, what it did was provide an opportunity to more fully leverage the aim of He Korowai Oranga. “It was an opportunity to really draw out and highlight what was already there. It provided a strong platform to support Whānau Ora Collectives to take a more consistent whānau – centred approach.” For Janet and the Bay of Plenty DHB team, commissioning a Whānau Ora needs assessment was the first immediate step they took together. “It allowed us to move away from the traditional health needs assessment models and do something that included the broader determinants of health and wellbeing in a region – from employment to education and income, as well as health. We did that together with our Māori providers and it really helped inform all of us in terms of our planning going forward,” Janet adds. Prior to the Te Puni Kōkiri led implementation of Whānau Ora the Bay of Plenty DHB was already beginning to implement a number of initiatives that were well aligned such as moving to an outcomes framework, integrated high trust contracts and Results Based Accountability models. The DHB team also began incorporating information from Māori providers into their thinking and planning and have been including the work and activities of Whānau Ora Update for District Health Boards Issue 26 – September 2014

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       Whānau  Ora  Update      

Kia  ora  tatou,    In  this  issue  we  spend  some  time  with  the  DHB  and  collectives  in  the  Bay  of  Plenty  region.  Check  out  the  conversation  with  Janet  McLean,  Janice  Kuka  and  Linda  Steel  to  see  what  we  can  learn  about  teaming  up  to  make  an  ongoing  difference  in  the  communities  around  us.    

And  as  always,  if  you  have  a  story  or  an  initiative  you’d  like  to  share  or  learn  more  about,  drop  us  a  line  at  [email protected]    

BOPDHB  -­‐  Working  Alongside  Collectives    

This  month  we  decided  to  learn  a  bit  more  about  what’s  going  on  over  in  the  Bay  of  Plenty  and  had  the  opportunity  to  spend  some  time  talking  with  Janet  McLean  (General  Manager  Māori  Health),  Linda  Steel  (Chairperson,  Te  Ao  Mārama  Whānau  Ora  Collective  Trust)  and  Janice  Kuka  (Board  Member,  Ngā  Mataapuna  Oranga  Kaupapa  Māori)  about  how  they  are  working  together  to  see  greater  health  outcomes  in  their  region.    “Well,  perhaps  the  first  thing  to  note  is  that  for  many  of  our  providers,  Whānau  Ora  is  not  a  new  concept,”  says  Janet  McLean.    “However,  when  Te  Puni  Kōkiri  was  asked  by  Minister  Turia  to  implement  Whānau  Ora,  what  it  did  was  provide  an  opportunity  to  more  fully  leverage  the  aim  of  He  Korowai  Oranga.    “It  was  an  opportunity  to  really  draw  out  and  highlight  what  was  already  there.  It  provided  a  strong  platform  to  support  Whānau  Ora  Collectives  to  take  a  more  consistent  whānau  –  centred  approach.”        

For  Janet  and  the  Bay  of  Plenty  DHB  team,  commissioning  a  Whānau  Ora  needs  assessment  was  the  first  immediate  step  they  took  together.      “It  allowed  us  to  move  away  from  the  traditional  health  needs  assessment  models  and  do  something  that  included  the  broader  determinants  of  health  and  wellbeing  in  a  region  –  from  employment  to  education  and  income,  as  well  as  health.  We  did  that  together  with  our  Māori  providers  and  it  really  helped  inform  all  of  us  in  terms  of  our  planning  going  forward,”  Janet  adds.      Prior  to  the  Te  Puni  Kōkiri  led  implementation  of  Whānau  Ora  the  Bay  of  Plenty  DHB  was  already  beginning  to  implement  a  number  of  initiatives  that  were  well  aligned  such  as  moving  to  an  outcomes  framework,  integrated  high  trust  contracts  and  Results  Based  Accountability  models.  The  DHB  team  also  began  incorporating  information  from  Māori  providers  into  their  thinking  and  planning  and  have  been  including  the  work  and  activities  of  

Whānau Ora Update for District Health Boards

Issue 26 – September 2014

Whānau Ora Update No. 26 – September 2014

collectives  in  their  own  reporting  since  the  more  formal  introduction  of  Whānau  Ora.      

 Janet  McLean  –  Bay  of  Plenty  District  Health  Board  

 “We  were  doing  a  lot  of  stuff  but  there  wasn't  a  strategic  framework  to  hang  it  on,”  Janet  explains.      “Whānau  Ora  provided  the  opportunity  for  that  and,  working  with  Te  Tumu  Whakarae,  we  have  now  developed  a  strategic  framework.  We’ve  also  drawn  on  the  work  of  other  DHBs  and  those,  such  as  Taranaki  DHB  and  Dr  Mihi  Ratama,  who  were  further  along  than  we  were.  None  of  us  are  working  in  isolation.”      Representing  Te  Ao  Mārama  Whānau  Ora  collective,  Linda  Steel  echoes  these  themes:    “It’s  about  working  face  to  face  with  each  other  –  building  a  strong  relationship  so  we  can  drive  this  together  in  our  region.”      Janice  Kuka  reinforces  this  theme  further:  “For  Ngā  Mataapuna  Oranga  the  key  element  of  any  success  is  always  the  relationships.    “What  Whānau  Ora  did  was  it  gave  us  a  real  licence,  perhaps  for  the  first  time,  to  work  in  the  way  we  believed  would  start  

addressing  not  only  health  but  other  domains.  For  the  first  time  ever  we  began  to  see  a  contractual  focus  on  more  than  just  diseases…beginning  to  look  at  the  initiatives  that  strengthen  whānau  such  as  housing,  employment  and  training.  It’s  given  us  the  licence  to  work  in  the  holistic  way  we  always  wanted  to.  We’ve  never  had  that  before.”      Thinking  about  where  she  sees  things  going  from  here,  Linda  adds,  “As  we  move  into  the  next  phase  of  Whānau  Ora,  I  see  us  working  more  collectively  with  Māori  planning  and  funding.  It’s  the  same  kaupapa  –  we  have  different  perspectives  at  times  and  there  can  be  tensions  but  that’s  healthy.  In  the  end,  we  want  the  same  thing.  I  see  us  increasingly  working  together  with  the  DHB  towards  that.”      Janice  adds,  “At  the  heart  of  this,  it’s  about  working  to  a  Whānau  Ora  kaupapa  and  paradigm.  If  we  keep  that  at  the  heart  of  it,  no  matter  where  you  sit,  that  gives  you  the  common  ground  to  work  through  any  tensions  and  differences.”      Janet  also  reinforces  these  thoughts  from  the  DHB’s  perspective:    “What  Whānau  Ora  has  enabled  all  of  us  to  do  is  to  move  out  of  that  silo  mentality.    “As  a  funder  it  requires  us  to  work  with  other  funders,  other  providers,  and  with  the  community.  We  talk  about  alliancing  and  all  sitting  around  the  table  to  agree  what  the  needs  are  and  what  outcomes  we  need  to  pursue.  It’s  a  much  more  meaningful  set  of  conversations  than  simply  focusing  on  inputs  and  outputs.      “The  move  to  high-­‐trust,  integrated  contracts  makes  a  lot  of  sense.  We’re  all  working  with  and  contracting  and  auditing  the  same  providers.  These  much  smarter  approaches  are  allowing  us  to  focus  our  energy  on  the  whānau  and  the  children  rather  than  managing  contracts  and  outputs.  It’s  really  good,”  Janet  adds.    

Whānau Ora Update No. 26 – September 2014

In  addition  to  reinforcing  and  providing  a  legitimate  platform  for  much  more  widely  leveraging  what  was  already  underway,  Janice,  Janet  and  Linda  also  talked  about  some  of  the  new  steps  they  are  seeing  as  a  result  of  Whānau  Ora.      “One  of  the  key  things  in  my  view  is  the  Whānau  Plans  and  the  process  of  planning  with  whānau,”  Janice  explains.      “On  one  level  we’ve  all  been  doing  Whānau  Ora  for  a  long  time  but  we  haven’t  been  doing  the  planning  with  whānau  like  this.  That’s  new  and  it’s  really  quite  radical.  It  really  prompts  whānau  to  take  control  of  their  own  life  –  we’re  just  the  facilitator  or  navigator  for  them.      “Some  of  the  things  that  have  come  up  I  wouldn’t  have  thought  would  be  important  but  for  some  of  the  community  some  unexpected  things  were  really  significant.  Having  a  drivers  licence  was  one  example.  Issues  such  as  employment  and  addressing  domestic  violence  have  been  others.  They  come  up  through  the  planning  conversations  and  then  we  can  address  it  together,”  Janice  adds.      “The  systems  and  the  IT  are  only  a  tool  –  we’ve  got  to  keep  telling  people  that.  People  can  view  them  as  magical  but  they  need  to  see  that  they  are  the  special  resource  here.  Not  the  tools,  it’s  them!”      

 Janice  Kuka  -­‐  Ngā  Mataapuna  Oranga  Kaupapa  Māori  

Linda  adds,  “For  Te  Ao  Mārama  Whānau  Ora  collective,  moving  into  the  Results  Based  Accountability  approach  enabled  everyone  to  get  on  the  same  page  because  of  the  questions  and  kōrero  they  needed  to  work  through  together  as  we  did  our  planning  and,  later,  reporting.  The  light  really  came  on  for  us  during  those  conversations  –  the  tools  and  the  framework  were  a  great  prompt  for  that.”  

 Linda  Steel  -­‐  Te  Ao  Mārama  Whānau  Ora  Collective  Trust  

 Janet  agrees,  “Tools  help  but  having  shared  vision,  shared  values,  and  a  shared  framework  to  apply  them  in  is  what  makes  it  powerful.  That  is  where  something  like  the  Results  Based  Accountability  approach  is  really  helpful.  Even  a  little  provider  in  a  small  rural  community  can  see  where  they  can  make  a  contribution  to  that.  We  all  have  a  role  to  play.”      Asked  what  advice  they’d  give  to  other  DHBs,  providers  and  collectives,  Linda  adds,  “Keep  talking  to  one  another.  Keep  the  korero  going  -­‐  even  when  there  are  tensions  around.  We  all  see  things  differently  at  times  –  there  will  be  tensions  and  this  isn’t  a  bad  thing.  But  keep  in  mind  that  at  the  forefront  of  everything  is  our  whānau  and  our  community.  That’s  why  we’re  all  here.  Keep  that  in  perspective  and  you’ll  find  common  ground  together.”    

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Janice  adds,  “As  collectives  we  have  to  be  very  clear  about  that  –  policies  come  and  go.  Providers  change  and  politics  change.  Even  iwi  politics  change.  But  people  remain  –  that  is  why  we  are  here.  Never  lose  sight  of  that.”    

 Thanks  to  Janet,  Janice  and  Linda  for  taking  a  moment  to  chat  with  us.  If  you  have  a  story  or  initiative  to  share,  drop  us  a  line.  We’d  love  to  hear  from  you.          

         

Drop  us  a  line  If  you  have  any  questions  or  a  story  or  initiative  to  share,  please  drop  us  a  line  at  [email protected].    In  the  meantime,  ka  kite  ano  and  we’ll  see  you  next  month.