Disability Support Services e-newsletter No. 65 May 2017 ISSN 2253-1386 From Toni Atkinson Contents Group Manager Disability Support Services Page 2 Enabling Good Lives Welcome to the May edition of the DSS newsletter. We were very excited to gain government approval in February Page 4 for the first stage of the disability support system DSS system transformation. In the four months from March to June this year, the team in DSS is supporting the co-design work with the transformation sector to plan for system transformation starting in the MidCentral region. A dedicated team from the Ministry of Page 5 Health is focused on the work required to plan for the first stage. DSS news Although we are keen to support and progress the transformation work, DSS also needs to continue its ongoing Page 8 programme of service improvement. This will focus on ensuring Upcoming alignment with the Enabling Good Lives principles and will be disability events for those areas that will not be significantly impacted by the transformation work. Page 9 We continue to work with the sector outside of the Recent transformation process. This includes the respite strategy, refresh of Whaia te ao Marama, Faiva Ora and our regular disability events workforce planning. Page 10 We look forward to working with you on system improvements DSS project over the coming months. updates Page 12 Our people
Disability Support Services e-newsletter No. 65 May 2017 ISSN 2253-1386 From Toni Atkinson Group Manager Disability Support Services Contents Page 2 Enabling Good Lives Page 4 DSS system transformation Page 5 DSS news Page 8 Upcoming disability events Page 9 Recent disability events Page 10 DSS project updates Page 12 Our people Welcome to the May edition of the DSS newsletter. We were very excited to gain government approval in February for the first stage of the disability support system transformation. In the four months from March to June this year, the team in DSS is supporting the co-design work with the sector to plan for system transformation starting in the MidCentral region. A dedicated team from the Ministry of Health is focused on the work required to plan for the first stage. Although we are keen to support and progress the transformation work, DSS also needs to continue its ongoing programme of service improvement. This will focus on ensuring alignment with the Enabling Good Lives principles and will be for those areas that will not be significantly impacted by the transformation work. We continue to work with the sector outside of the transformation process. This includes the respite strategy, refresh of Whaia te ao Marama, Faiva Ora and our regular workforce planning. We look forward to working with you on system improvements over the coming months.
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