Disability in New ZealandYou are here: Disability in New Zealand > News and Resources > News > Changes to the Disability Services Directorate News Changes to the Disability Services Directorate As many of you will already know there have been some changes in the structure of the Ministry of Health. These changes will not affect the way we work with you or the services you are receiving. Why the change?These changes are to ensure that the Ministry is working as effectively as possible across the wide range of services, support and advice we fund or provide to Ministers, other Government agencies and people throughout New Zealand.
As many of you will already know there have been some changes in the structure of the Ministry of Health.
These changes will not affect the way we work with you or the services you are receiving.
These changes are to ensure that the Ministry is working as effectively as possible across the wide range of services, support and advice we fund or provide to Ministers, other Government agencies and people throughout New Zealand.
Most of the Disability Services Directorate has now joined with the other parts of the Ministry that also fund services to become Health and Disability National Services. Our Policy Team has become part of the Population Health Group.
As part of this re-structure we will now be working alongside the National Screening Unit – which is responsible for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and the National Cervical Screening programmes amongst others. This new group with also include the operations wing of Public Health as well as DHB provider funding, the Clinical Training Agency and some specific contracts through Clinical Services.
The new interim Deputy Director-General is Geraldine Woods, who has been the Deputy Director-General of the Disability Services Directorate for the last 2 ½ years. This position is being advertised nationally at the moment and Geraldine is intending to apply for the permanent position.
This means that although we will be part of a larger group, we will still be responsible for funding the same disability support services we currently do.
The work plan and strategic direction will remain unchanged.
The only changes you will see will be the change of our name to Disability Services, a part of Health and Disability National Services. All services and contracts will remain the same.
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