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Improving immunisation coverage

Ninety-five percent of two-year-olds are fully immunised.

With at least 4 to 6 percent point increase on 2005 national immunisation coverage survey baselines.

Improving oral health

Progress is made towards 85 percent adolescent oral health utilisation.

Improving elective services

Each DHB will maintain compliance in all Elective Services Patient Flow Indicators (ESPIs). (These indicators measure how well a hospital manages the patient ‘flow’ through the system.)

Each DHB will set an agreed increase in the number of elective service discharges, and will provide the level of service agreed.

Reducing cancer waiting times

All patients in category A, B and C wait less than eight weeks between first specialist assessment and the start of radiation oncology treatment (excludes category D patients).

Reducing ambulatory sensitive (avoidable) hospital admissions

There will be a decline in admissions to hospital that are avoidable or preventable by primary health care for those aged 0 to 74 years across all population groups.

Improving diabetes services

There will be an increase in the percentage of people in all population groups:

• estimated to have diabetes accessing free annual checks,
• on the diabetes register who have good diabetes management,
• on the diabetes register who have had retinal screening in the past two years.

There will be improved equity for all population groups in relation to diabetes management.

Improving mental health services

At least 90 percent of long-term clients have up-to-date relapse prevention plans (NMHSS criteria 16.4).

Improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and reducing obesity

DHB activity supports achievement of these health sector targets.

• Increase the proportion of infants exclusively and fully breastfed at six weeks to 74 percent or greater; at three months to 57 percent or greater; and at six months to 27 percent or greater.
• Increase the proportion of adults (15+ years) eating three or more servings of vegetables per day to 70 percent or greater.
• Increase the proportion of adults eating two or more servings of fruit per day to 62 percent or greater.

Reducing the harm caused by tobacco

DHB activity supports achievement of these health sector targets:

• Increase the proportion of ‘never smokers’ among Year 10 students by at least 2 percent (absolute increase) over 2007/08.
• Increase the proportion of homes, which contain one or more smokers and one or more children, that have a smokefree policy to over 75 percent in 2007/08.

Reducing the percentage of the health budget spent on the Ministry of Health

The percentage of the health budget spent on the Ministry of Health is reduced to 1.65 percent of the total Vote Health operating budget by the end of 2009/10.