Primary Health Care Advisory Council

Primary Health Care

Primary Health Care Advisory Council

Purpose
The Primary Health Care Advisory Council was established in August 2008 to provide strategic and implementation advice to the Ministry of Health and District Health Boards on opportunities, gaps, risks and barriers to the implementation of the Primary Health Care Strategy. It is also intended to provide a forum for the Ministry and DHBs to engage with leadership from across the primary health care sector to ensure that the vision of the strategy is realised.

Terms of Reference
Primary Health Care Advisory Council Terms of Reference (PDF, 72 KB)

Meeting Minutes
11 November 2008 (Word, 139 KB)
5 August 2008 (Word, 111 KB)

Primary Health Care Advisory Council Members
The current members of the Advisory Council are:

Organisation	Representative
Allied Health Professionals Association Forum	Jan Milne - Executive Director, NZ Dietetic Association
College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ)	Dr Jenny Carryer - Executive Director, College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ)
New Zealand Medical Association	Mark Peterson - Chair, NZMA GP Council
New Zealand Nurses Organisation	Wendy Findlay - Professional Nurse Advisor, PHO Management Services Southland
NGO Working Group	Jackie Edmond - Chief Executive, Family Planning NZ
Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand	Peter Cooke - Pharmacist
Royal New Zealand College of GPs	Dr Jo Scott-Jones - GP
National Maori PHO Coalition	Elaine Tapsell – Manager, Nga Mataapuna Oranga PHO
Pacific PHO Sector	Dr Siro Fuata'i - Chair, Ta Pasefika PHO
PHO Alliance	Hamish Kynoch - Chair PHO Alliance, Chair Hawkes Bay PHO
PHONZ	David Scott - Chair, Turanganui PHO
Health Care Aotearoa	Rowena Gotty - National Coordinator, Health Care Aotearoa
(Chair)	John Ayling - Chair, West Coast PHO
District Health Boards
District Health Boards	Carolyn Gullery - GM Funding and Planning, Canterbury DHB
Ministry of Health	Margie Apa - Deputy Director-General, Sector Capability and Innovation Directorate
Ministry of Health	Dr Jim Primrose - Chief Advisor Primary Health Care

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