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Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022

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43: Pacific Health Strategy

You could also call this:

"A plan to improve health for Pacific people in New Zealand"

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The Minister has to create a Pacific Health Strategy. You will use this strategy to help health organisations improve health outcomes for Pacific people in New Zealand. The strategy must look at how Pacific people's health is currently doing and how the health sector is performing for them. The strategy also has to think about what will affect Pacific health in the medium and long term. It must set priorities for health services and improvements, including training for workers. This does not mean these are the only things that can be included in the strategy. In this context, Pacific health refers to the health of Pacific people.

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Key health documents: Health strategies

43Pacific Health Strategy

  1. The Minister must prepare and determine a Pacific Health Strategy.

  2. The purpose of the Pacific Health Strategy is to provide a framework to guide health entities in improving Pacific health outcomes in New Zealand.

  3. The Pacific Health Strategy must—

  4. contain an assessment of the current state of Pacific health outcomes and the performance of the health sector in relation to Pacific peoples; and
    1. contain an assessment of the medium and long-term trends that will affect Pacific health and health sector performance; and
      1. set out priorities for services and health sector improvements relating to Pacific health, including workforce development.

        1. Subsection (3) does not limit what may be included in the Pacific Health Strategy.

        2. In this section, Pacific health means the health of Pacific peoples.