1. Midland DHBs Board Development
Midland Regional Collaboration Manual
Regional Governance

2. Purpose
The purpose is to facilitate greater levels of regional co-operation and integration across the Midland DHBs and regional health system
Midland collaboration can mean a number of DHBs working together virtually across Midland on a particular function, service or programme of work. Midland collaboration may also mean either clinical or non-clinical service provision between two or more DHBs

3. Decision making principles
Any significant decision taken shall:
Require the agreement of all Midland DHBs, but it is not necessary that all Midland DHBs will be involved in the implementation of the decision
Be approved through appropriate approval processes in each DHB
Provide that no DHB shall opt out of their commitments around decisions that they have agreed to subject to the written agreement to review or reverse a regional group decision.

4. Decision making criteria
It makes the service more sustainable by improving any or all of
Effectiveness (providing the right services at the right time)
Efficiency (providing services the right way, to spend the health dollar once)
Economy (input costs lower now or in the future)
It reduces service risk, particularly around vulnerable services

5. Decision making criteria cont.
It improves health outcomes, including equity of access and equity of outcomes across the region
It is aligned to national expectations
There is an opportunity for local say on clinical services (ie. localisation)
It builds clinical capability
It reduces duplication in clinical and non-clinical services
It aligns with regional services (clinical and non-clinical) plans
It acknowledges that all other things being equal that the provision of clinical and non-clinical services be located as close to the patient (virtual or otherwise) as may be reasonable given the application of the criteria above. This supports patients and their family and whanau to have an optimal experience with the NZ public health system.

6. What regional projects are working well, and why?

7. What regional projects are NOT working well, and why?

8. How can we use the decision making and code of ethics to improve?