Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
has today announced the appointment of Dr Peter Jansen as
its new chief executive.
Acting board chair Rae Lamb
says Dr Jansen has had a long and distinguished health
career and the board is delighted he has accepted this
position.
Dr Jansen (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Raukawa)
is currently the medical advisor to ACC and more recently
has been the executive director of medical services and
clinical governance for a large district health service in
New South Wales, Australia during the COVID-19
pandemic.
Rae Lamb says, ‘Quality improvement and
Māori health equity have been central themes in Dr
Jansen’s career, beginning in primary care and spanning
many years at ACC. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal
New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) for
his work on cultural competence and health equity for
Māori. We’re very much looking forward to him bringing
this expertise and experience to Te Tāhū
Hauora.
‘Dr Jansen is a founding member of Te ORA
(Māori Medical Practitioners Association) and Te Akoranga a
Māui (the RNZCGP Māori representative group). He was also
one of the first board members when our organisation was
first established in late 2010.’
Dr Jansen will take
up his new role on 22 May 2023.
Ms Lamb says, ‘Dr
Janice Wilson stepped down as the inaugural chief executive
on 20 April after more than 12 years at the helm and made an
outstanding contribution to the organisation during her
tenure. On behalf of the board, we wish Dr Wilson well for
her future
endeavours.’
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