NSTR

Service Planning and New Health Intervention Assessment (SPNIA)

NSTR Members

Dr David Sage (Chair)
David is Chief Medical Officer for Auckland DHB and Anaesthetist at Auckland City Hospital. He has considerable experience in health sector management and has an interest in prioritisation in health care generally.

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Brent Wiseman
Brent is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Waikato DHB. Brent is also a Performance Framework Group member and Chair of the CFO forum. Brent has worked in Health since 1996. He is a qualified Charted Accountant with a Bachelor of Management Studies degree and has experience in the dairy manufacture aeronautical sectors. Brent brings a financial perspective to NSTR and also a broader health outcomes gain perspective.

Mark Jones
Mark is the Chief Advisor Nursing at the Ministry of Health. Mark is a nurse with postgraduate qualifications in health policy and public health. Mark has worked in primary health care environments in the United Kingdom and United States of America. Mark contributes to the implementation of the primary health care strategy in addition to advising on policy and practice across all areas of nursing.

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Devon Diggle
Devon is Principal Technical Specialist Assets & Capital for the Ministry of Health and Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Health Assets Australasia and the University of New South Wales. Devon chaired the sector group that developed the Service Planning and New Health Intervention Assessment framework (SPNIA) and led to the creation of NSTR.

He has a particular interest in national and regional service planning and in ensuring that capital developments are supported by sound service planning and support new models of health care delivery.

An Economist by training Devon joined the Ministry of Health in 2000 from the health section of the Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit, a subsidiary of Treasury.

Dr Sandy Dawson
Sandy is the Chief Clinical Advisor at the Ministry of Health. He has primary care hospital experience and has worked for the RNZAF and Air New Zealand. Prior to working at the Ministry of Health, Sandy worked for the Health Funding Authority. He has been involved in a number of Health Technology Assessments and has a particular interest in how cost benefit and cost utility analyses are applied.

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Robyn Northey
Robyn has worked in various roles in the health sector. Robyn has been a Dental Nurse, a Social Worker and moved to planning and management roles in the 1990’s. Robyn has an MA in Sociology. Robyn is on various boards and committees and brings a community perspective in the age and disability sector to NSTR.

Warrick Frater
Warrick is the Chief Operating Officer at Hawkes Bay DHB and has 16 years hospital service management and chief operating officer experience. He is expecting NSTR to give constructive support to the sector in the assesment and introduction of new technology and service change. Warrick is also a Medical Laboratory Scientist.

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Dr Andre Nel
Andre is Chief Medical Advisor at Nelson Marlborough DHB and is registered as a Specialist Medical Administrator. He has nearly 20 years experience in senior roles both in private and public hospitals. Andre sees a need to take a strategic and coordinated national approach to the introduction of new technologies in the New Zealand Healthcare system.

Pauline Hanna
Pauline is currently with Counties Manukau DHB in a planning and funding role. Pauline is the Counties Manukau DHB representative responsible for all Inter-district flows negotiations and contracting, regional service planning and is the Chair of the Northern Region Capital Group. Pauline has been in this role for just over four years, previously the General Manager of Ambulatory Care with Counties Manukau DHB. Pauline has an undergraduate degree in Economics and an MBA from the University of Otago.

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Te Aniwa Tutara
Te Aniwa Tutara is of Ngati Whatua descent, from the Kaipara region. She is the General Manager of Maori Health for Waitemata DHB, with previous work history in funding health services, mental health management and Maori community development. Te Aniwa is the Chair of Te Tumu Whakarae (National reference group for DHB Maori Managers) and was nominated onto NSTR where she provides input on the equity and whanau ora aspects of the review process.

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