Programmes & Initiatives

Thanks to government funding, the Eastern Bay Primary Health Organisation is able to fund and deliver community programmes and initiatives. These initiatives are implemented in order to educate, support, and treat our community. Some of our programmes are developed to make health services more accessible and familiar to members of our community who may not usually visit a GP.

 

School Based Clinics

This programme is a combination of Nurse and GP clinics run in Edgecumbe, Opotiki, Trident and Whakatane Colleges. The contract requires two hours of presence per week but most clinics provide more depending upon issues and demand.

This is a largely reactive service concentrating on sexual health. Each clinic has the opportunity to run the service slightly differently depending upon the needs of their students - eg Edgecumbe College is 200m from their clinic and allows students to make appointments on top of school presence and attend anytime during working hours for free.

The funding for this programme covers clinic fee for relocation, establishment, and equipment but also allows a small FFS claim via the PHO and claimed from HealthPAC separate to capitation deductions.

This service is proposed to change by November 2007 to School Based Nurses for 20 hours per week, GP clinic for two hours per week complimented by a small Health Promotion budget.
 
CONTACT PERSON:
Stephen Mann, PHO Manager,
Phone 021 285 1819

The Walk2Health Challenge logoWalk 2 Health Challenge

www.walk2health.co.nz

This is a ten week programme registering 1000 people by recording weight and waist measurement. The organisers provide a log and pedometer to registered participants targeted by local community organisations, employers and health providers.

The programme coordinates many walking events in the wider Eastern Bay of Plenty region throughout the ten weeks which are open to any participants whether they are registered or not. There is a de-registration period at end of the ten weeks to reweigh and re-measure waists as well as collect step logs.

A photo of Walk2Health participants at the start of one of their walks.

CONTACT PERSON:
John Voyle, Walk 2 Health Coordinator, info@walk2health.co.nz,
Phone 0276 564 669

Community Diabetes

This programme aims to place a Community Based Diabetes Educator with Ngati Awa Social & Health Services to provide full spectrum support to diabetics and pre-diabetics. Services range from education, early intervention support, self management advice, post amputation advice, screening including workplace and Marae screening.

This programme aims to:

  • Scope options for community based dietary/nutrition services.
  • Provide Retinal screening services monitoring.
  • Provide Diabetes Annual Review support.
  • Provide Community Based Podiatry (recently realigned through a separate funding stream provided by DHB).

CONTACT PERSON:
Stephen Mann, PHO Manager,
Phone 021 285 1819

Bay of Plenty Wide Community Podiatry

This initiative was originally scoped using SIA and scaled up to the best practice standards across the PHO through Foot Mechanics podiatry services before being scaled up across the BOP region.

This initiative aims to:

  • Place podiatrists in provincial communities such as Opotiki, Whakatane, Edgecumbe, Kawerau, Te Kaha (Katikati, Te Puke, Tauranga).
  • Enable free service when referred by GP, Nurse Practitioner and other health professionals.
  • Target diabetics but also open to other chronic diseases.
  • Provide an initial assessment by podiatrist to determine risk. If the risk is low no further appointment is required. If the risk is medium or high then the appropriate best practice schedule is applied.
  • Prevent ulcerations and complications in feet including preventable admissions or use of secondary services.
  • Include educational aspect for patients and education sessions for referrers and health providers.

CONTACT PERSON:
Stephen Mann, PHO Manager,
Phone 021 285 1819

Discharge Transitions

A GP followup service for at risk patients recently discharged from hospital. The GP has one week from when a patient is discharged to assess eligibility and recall a patient into the GP's practice.

This initiative aims to:

  • reduce unnecessary readmissions
  • reinforce key messages unable to be absorbed by the patient at point of discharge
  • improve discharge summaries processes
  • increase prescription compliance by reissuing at affordable level
  • provide increased level of social and health service support, especially for frequent re-admitters

CONTACT PERSON:
Stephen Mann, PHO Manager,
Phone 021 285 1819

Smoking Cessation Programme

Smoking Cessation Programme Promotion

NHF guidelined smoking cessation programme delivered through GP practice setting. Seeks to reduce or quit smoking using a combination of support, education, monitoring and NRT issue. This programme compliments Eastern Bay of Plenty Wide Aukati Kai Paipa programme

CONTACT PERSON:
Marja O'Connor, PHO Clinical Manager,
Phone (07) 307 0402

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