Newly appointed CLLN Chair Helen Telford
CLLN members are local residents including patients and healthcare consumers, general practitioners and rural hospital clinicians, a general practice nurse and a health promotion advisor.
Newly appointed Chair, Helen Telford, is a qualified social worker with extensive experience in organisational transformation and project management. She says:
“I believe it's important local people are involved. I am passionate about the health sector and this position provides opportunity to contribute and support the health system from a different perspective.”
The advisory network will work closely with Southern DHB and WellSouth Primary Health Network, to ensure health services and facilities match the current and future health care needs of patients and consumers in Queenstown, Wanaka and the Central Otago area.
The group met in late July to kick start a programme of work focused on better distribution and integration of services.
The group are considering a range of local issues, including:
• Distribution of Maternity and Community services in our area
• Patient transport and technology’s impact on remote locations
• Better ways of working across the whole area for improved access to health and mental health services
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For More Better Health South Stories see:
Māori leading the way in Bowel Screening
Call for return of loan equipment no longer used
Award winning simulation lab design set to become reality
No day the same for DHB Security Officer & World Breastfeeding Week
Commisioner's Update - August 2019
