The 2012/13 Health Targets
Shorter stays in emergency departments
- 95 percent of patients will be admitted, discharged, or transferred from an emergency department within six hours.
Improved access to elective surgery
- The volume of elective surgery will be increased by at least 4000 discharges per year.
Shorter waits for cancer treatment
- All patients, ready for treatment, wait less than four weeks for radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
Increased immunisation
- 85 percent of eight months olds will have their primary course of immunisation (six weeks, three months and five months immunisation events) on time by July 2013, 90 percent by July 2014 and 95 percent by December 2014.
Better help for smokers to quit
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95 percent of patients who smoke and are seen by a health practitioner in public hospitals and 90 percent of patients who smoke and are seen by a health practitioner in primary care are offered brief advice and support to quit smoking. Within the target a specialised identified group will include:
- Progress towards 90 percent of pregnant women who identify as smokers at the time of confirmation of pregnancy in general practice or booking with Lead Maternity Carer are offered advice and support to quit.
More heart and diabetes checks
- 90 percent of the eligible population will have had their cardiovascular risk assessed in the last five years. DHBs are required to achieve at least 75 percent by 1 July 2013, and DHBs exceeding 75 percent are expected to be actively moving toward the 90 percent goal.
In this section
- Why the target of shorter stays in emergency departments is important, what the goal is, and who is the champion of this target. Read more
- Why the target of improved access to elective surgery is important, what the goal is, and who is the champion of this target. Read more
- Why the target of shorter waits for cancer treatment is important, what the goal is, and who is the champion of this target. Read more
- Why the target of increased immunisation is important, what the goal is, and who is the champion of this target. Read more
- Why the target of better help for smokers to quit is important, what the goal is, and who is the champion of this target. Read more
- Why the target of more heart and diabetes checks is important, what the goal is, and who is the champion of this target. Read more
Page last updated: 21 February 2013
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