Governance Report for year ended 30 June 2012
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Functions of the Board
For the purpose of pursuing and demonstrating its objectives, the Board has the following functions:
To ensure the provision of services for its resident population and for other people as specified in its
Crown funding agreement.
To actively investigate, facilitate, sponsor, and develop co-operative and collaborative arrangements
with persons in the health and disability sector or in any other sector to improve, promote, and
protect the health of people, and to promote the inclusion and participation in society and
independence of people with disabilities.
To issue relevant information to the resident population, persons in the health and disability sector,
and persons in any other sector working to improve, promote, and protect the health of people.
To establish and maintain processes to enable Māori to participate in, and contribute to, strategies
for Māori health improvement.
Maintain the partnership relationship between the Board and the Māori Health Runanga.
To continue to foster the development of Māori capacity for participating in the health and disability
sector and for providing for the needs of Māori.
To provide relevant information to Māori for the purposes of fostering Māori participation in Māori
health improvement.
To regularly investigate, assess, and monitor the health status of its resident population, any factors
that the DHB believes may adversely affect the health status of that population, and the needs of that
population for services.
To promote the reduction of adverse social and environmental effects on the health of people and
communities.
To monitor the delivery and performance of services by the DHB and by persons engaged by the DHB
to provide or arrange for the provision of services.
To participate, where appropriate, in the training of health professionals and other workers in the
health and disability sector.
To provide information to the Minister for the purposes of policy development, planning and
monitoring in relation to the performance of the DHB and to the health and disability support needs
of New Zealanders.
To provide, or arrange for the provision of, services on behalf of the Crown or any Crown entity within
the meaning of the Public Finance Act 1989.
To collaborate with pre-schools and schools within its geographical area on the fostering of health
promotion and on disease prevention programmes.
To perform any other functions it is for the time being given by or under any enactment, or
authorised to perform by the Minister by written notice to the Board of the DHB after consultation
with it.
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