The Cause Collective and Alliance Health Plus
will combine to create more effective, integrated, health
and wellbeing outcomes for Pacific populations and South
Auckland communities.
- New integrated
organisation launches 1 December 2022. - Aim:
strengthen design, delivery and effectiveness of full
spectrum services in social and clinical determinants of
primary health care and wellbeing for Pasifika, Māori, and
vulnerable communities in South Auckland
The
social change agency The Cause Collective (TCC) and the
Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Alliance Health Plus (AH+)
will launch under one banner on 1 December 2022.
As
separate organisations, TCC and AH+ now provide primary
health care and wellbeing services for more than 120,000
people in the Auckland region.
“We are pleased to
announce that we are combining to be one team: one
integrated organisational family. This will make us more
effective in smart, circuit-breaker, action-oriented
anticipation of Health New Zealand’s changes. Our aim is a
stronger, sharper focus on health transformation for our
Pasifika, Māori and vulnerable communities in South
Auckland,” said Mr Uluomatootua (Ulu) Aiono, Chairman of
TCC and AH+.
The integrated group will operate under
the TCC banner. With about 100 staff, the new organisation
will be based in the TCC offices in Manukau.
“Our
integration and combined strengths will create a more
effective range of skills and resources. Our AH+ clinician
leaders’ expertise in primary and community care, combined
with TCC’s strengths in critical thinking and systems will
focus on Pasifika, Māori and vulnerable people in our South
Auckland communities. We also understand the necessity for
flexibility and anticipation of pan-locality access and
working relationships.
“We will have greater
resources that will enable us to develop effective,
breakthrough solutions for our communities. They no longer
want to be mere consumers. They want to be active
participants in the full spectrum of social and clinical
determinants for their own primary health care and
wellbeing.
“The combination and integration of our
two organisations’ collective skills and experience will
make us more effective in identifying the bottlenecks and
constraint in the full inventory of determinants for health
and wellbeing. Only then can any organisation improve
prevention, reduce inequity and inequality in health, and
cause people in our communities to live longer, healthier,
quality lives.
“The Hon Andrew Little and Health New
Zealand are leading our country into transformational change
of the health and disability sector. They call all New
Zealanders to support the Government in driving improved
outcomes. We want our integrated approach to become one of
the necessary circuit-breaker interventions amongst others
from key stakeholders of New Zealand’s primary health care
and wellbeing supply chain. Otherwise, key stakeholders
will, never effectively, enable, equip and support General
Practitioners, their patients, NGOs, volunteers and
communities to be active participants, not just consumers,
in primary health care and social wellbeing,” said Mr
Aiono.
TCC Chief Executive Officer Ms Rachel Enosa
will lead the integrated organisation. Ms Enosa was
previously the AH+ Director for Community Initiatives. So,
Ms Enosa knows many of the AH+ staff, general practice
clinics and key stakeholders.
AH+ Chief Executive
Officer Mr Wayne Williams has served in the role for six
years and has decided he is ready for new challenge. When
the new team is formed, Mr Williams will continue to work
alongside Ms Enosa using his knowledge and expertise to
ensure successful integration for all staff and
stakeholders.
Background
TCC is
the sister organisation of AH+. In 2016 AH+ established TCC
to work on the social and economic determinants of health
and wellbeing for Pasifika, Māori and vulnerable
communities in South Auckland. AH+ is a Primary Health
Organisation with 40+ General Practices, providing services
to Pasifika and underserved
communities.
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