They bring their business and sector knowledge, extensive people and programme leadership experience, and highly . Bloomfield will be in his role for the first stages of the new health system, with the establishment of Health NZ and the Mori Health Authority from July 1, replacing the country's 20 district . [1] She was the director of public health for the New Zealand Ministry of Health from 2016 to 2022, and chaired the Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group, which advises the Ministry on matters concerning the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. John is affiliated to Ngti Rkaipaaka, Ngti Kahungunu and Ngti Rongomaiwahine. Whilst CEO of the Brisbane North Primary Health Network (PHN), Abbe successfully led the organisation through two significant government reforms to transition from a Division of General Practice to a Medicare Local and then to a PHN that commissions primary care services for a population of over one million people. Celia has extensive experience in people strategy, policy development and implementation of organisation-wide initiatives, along with strong technical expertise in organisational and capability development, culture change and employee engagement. Salary: NZ$67,497 Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) Avg. Dr Sarfati will start on 30 July 2022, when the incumbent Dr Ashley Bloomfield leaves the role. Jeremy Holman joined Te Whatu Ora on 5 December 2022. [9][3] About the same time, he married his wife, Libby, also a doctor, and the couple went on to have three children. The way in which this Government has abruptly elevated the role of the Director-General of Health to be virtually the most important public servant of all over the past 18 months will surely have disrupted the standing relationship between departmental chief executives that will not easily be restored once he is returned to the ranks so to speak. He joined Manat Hauora from the Bay of Plenty DHB where he was Executive of Director Allied Health, Scientific and Technical. [1] She was the director of public health for the New Zealand Ministry of Health from 2016 to 2022, and chaired the Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group, which advises the Ministry on matters concerning the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. She was also joint Associate Director of Nursing: Mori at Auckland District Health Board and the University of Auckland for four years. The Director of Public Health is a key statutory role providing public health leadership across the Public Health Agency and the National Public Health Service within Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand), and provides professional support and oversight for Medical Officers of Health. Maree held several senior roles in the Ministry for Social Development in Policy and Service Delivery and in the Ministry for Children. John began his career in the Department of Conservation in 1989 (working on Treaty of Waitangi policy and negotiations), before moving on to the Ministry of Education (Mori Education Group) in 1991. She is a decisive health system leader with highly developed strategic thinking and transformational leadership skills, and has a strong drive to deliver equity and service excellence. His previous roles include: Chief Executive Officer of . Dr Jones is very well-respected in the health sector, and he brings considerable experience and knowledge with him.. Alongside his executive commitments, Dr Bramley is a practising public health medicine specialist, an Examiner at the NZ College of Public Health Medicine, an adjunct Professor of Health at AUT, and Chair of the Health Quality & Safety Commission. These tensions created now will not be easily papered over. [4] During her studies in Manchester she completed a one-year exchange in New Zealand, including six months in Napier. Currently focusing in holistic Health and Population health promotion and prevention projects and models. Keep up with the play with LockerRooms weekly newsletter dedicated to shining a light on NZ women in sport, curated by Suzanne McFadden. The Commission is running a recruitment process for the permanent Director-General of Health role and will advertise shortly. Specializing in Health Promotion, and Public health project designing, service delivery and leadership. The estimated total pay for a Director of Public Health is $96,248 per year in the United States area, with an average salary of $78,374 per year. As our journalists work to ask the hard questions about our recovery, we also look to you, our readers for support. [31], In the 2023 New Year Honours, Bloomfield was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to public health. That does not rule out swift, novel, or agile solutions being devised, but rather ensures that they are firmly, not capriciously, based. The role of director of public health was previously held by Dr Caroline McElnay, who resigned in April. Deputy Director of Public Health Jun 2018 - Apr 20223 years 11 months Wellington, New Zealand Principal Technical Specialist Feb 2013 - Jun 20185 years 5 months Wellington, New Zealand. Media queries: Grahame Armstrong 021 940 457 or grahame.armstrong@publicservice.govt.nz. He was a member of an Independent External Review of SPC in 2012. Burnout is thought to have played a major role in their decisions to leave, and it's a factor that is being felt across the whole health sector, along with Covid-fatigue. The question will still arise then about his future role. Like or hate Sir John Keys suggested solutions for NZs Covid recovery, in one intervention the former Prime Minister has forced the Government and country to confront finding a way out of a drawbridge and lockdown mentality. Last weekend, the Director-General announced that the country should not expect to ever return to Alert Level 1 the way it used to be. He then moved to the Downer Group, where as a GM, Jeremy ran Downers water sector business. The Director-General of Health will lead the Ministry and, alongside the chief executives of Health New Zealand and the Mori Health Authority, the wider sector through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the forthcoming significant change to New Zealands health system. He is passionate about the untapped potential that allied health professions can bring in improving the quality of care provided to our populations, and in turn better meeting equitable population health needs. During this time, Margie led the organisation through major incidents including a measles epidemic, Whakaari White Island and was lead CEO of the Northern Regions COVID-19 outbreak response. Dr Nicholas Jones will take on the role as director of public health, the Ministry of Health has announced. Relocating to New Zealand in 2009, Jeremy started with GHD as an infrastructure strategy consultant. Asked whether he had been asked to have a role in the new health system, which comes into effect on July 1, Bloomfield said he was "happy with the role I had" because it was where he could add the most value. ", "Coronavirus: Ashley Bloomfield is the face of NZ's virus defence", "The face of the Covid-19 response: Who is Ashley Bloomfield? Details of expenditure for the Director-General of Health. There may be those who would say that the exigencies of the Covid-19 response have been such that it is pedantic and unrealistic to expect normal conventions to apply during such a time, when the focus should be on getting things done, rather than how they are done. Director of Public Health Ministry of Health New Zealand Mar 2017 - Apr 20225 years 2 months New Zealand Director of Population Health Hawke's Bay District Health Board 1995 - Apr. Abbe Anderson brings diverse experience across hospital and primary care, including two decades leading complex system reforms. If, as the Covid-19 emergency legislation suggests, the Government was keen to emphasise the traditional relationship between Cabinet and public servants, it would have been more logical, not to mention more in line with the Health Act, to give more prominence to the Director of Public Health, as the statutorily responsible public official. She is a voluntary Chair of World Vision New Zealand. Te Whatu Ora is a nationwide organisation with leaders across the motu. She studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast and then public health at the University of Manchester. The Deputy Public Service Commissioner has today announced the appointment of Dr Diana Sarfati as Acting Director-General of Health and Chief Executive, Ministry of Health. He has previously had roles as General Manager of Clinical Service at Northland DHB, General Manager of Planning and Funding at Capital & Coast DHB, Clinical Advisor and GP Liaison, Northland DHB, and 11 years in his own General Practices. This included working for the National Hauora Coalition and Procare Health and Homecare Medical. Director, Intelligence - Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith. Dr Diana Sarfati was appointed to the role of Director-General of Health and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health in November 2022 having acted in the role since July 2022. Health New Zealand has announced the significant appointment of Dr Nick Chamberlain as the National Director of the new National Public Health Service. Her last day in the role was 7 April. She advocated for health equity in the region and in 2014 she published a major report on the subject. She is also a director on the boards of Beyond Blue, Australia's most recognised mental health charity. Consequently, in specific Covid-19 emergency response legislation passed last year the Government made it clear that the Health Act provisions would no longer apply and that the powers previously exercised by the Director-General would now be exercised directly by the Minister of Health. The Covid-19 emergency legislation was due to expire next May after two years, but the Government has recently introduced legislation to extend it for a further year. She is expected to announce her leaving while fronting the 1pm Covid-19 press conference tomorrow. Diana is a former member of the National Cancer Programme Leadership Board, the National Screening Advisory Group, the National Ethics Advisory Committee, the Bowel Cancer Taskforce and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Advisory Committee. [5], She was appointed director of population health for Hawke's Bay District Health Board. Jeremy holds a Master of Business Administration, is a Chartered Engineer and is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK). The Director-General is also responsible for the assets and liabilities on behalf of the Crown that are used by or relate to the Ministry of Health; and legislation administered by the Ministry of Health. From mid-2020, Robyn was Acting Deputy Chief Executive and supported the Director General with areas such as workforce development, COVID response and cross agency relationships. We will miss her greatly," said a ministry email in February, obtained by the Herald, and written by McElnay. She also contributed to the set-up of the Childrens Ministry. The Director-General of Health is a pivotal role leading a sector critical to the overall wellbeing of New Zealanders. In the Covid-19 emergency legislation the Government reinforced a commitment to conventional decision-making, but, unfortunately, as its use of the Director-General of Health has shown, it has not followed this in practice. Over the past few years, he has tried to provide some leadership and support for our Public Health Units, and with Vui Mark Gosche has led a small team promoting effective public policy and legislation. Before New Zealand had its first case of Covid-19, back when it was referred to simply as a coronavirus (WHO would name it Covid-19 on 12 February 2020), Bloomfield and director of public health . "Along with many others in the health sector she has worked tirelessly, sacrificing many nights, weekends and weeks away from family to ensure that throughout our response, there has been strong, clear public health advice which has kept us all safe.". This website is intended for a NZ health professional readership. This follows the director general of health's surprise resignation that was announced earlier today, with his last day at the end of July. Ms Quilter said Dr Sarfati brings the skills and experience required to lead the Ministry of Health, and to contribute to the strategic leadership of the wider health system. She initially trained as a registered general nurse followed by qualification as a mental health and addiction professional. Photo: Pool/Robert Kitchin, Stuff. She is currently a Lancet Commissioner for the Health Systems and Cancer Lancet Commission, and a member of the International Advisory Committee to Lancet Oncology, the Advisory Committee to International Agency for Research on Cancers (IARC) Pacific cancer hub, IARCs international expert group on social inequalities in cancer, and the Board of the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership. "Caroline is highly respected by her team, her colleagues both within the Ministry and the broader sector, and by ministers. You'll find details of our wider leadership team below. The ministry has also brought in a number of Medical Officers of Health, who have expertise in public health, on short term secondments from the sector, which means there remains a number of clinical staff in the sector able to be called on if needed.". "Niki has decided it's time for a break and to spend some time with her family. The Public Health Agency formally came into existence on 1 July 2022. He served as the chief executive of the Ministry of Health and the country's Director-General of Health from 2018 to 2022. No longer does he appear as the impartial adviser offering considered, detached professional advice to the Government, but rather more as the explainer, amplifier, and defender of the Government decisions, in a manner that not even many ministers demonstrate. Possible Range. He said he had been thinking about the right time to leave, but he still had "very mixed feelings because I work with amazing people". Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield in the Beehive theatrette. Dr Sarfati has held a number of national and international roles. But, sadly, yet again, rather than rely on previous practice or international advice, this Government thought it knew best. Margies career spans over 20 years in executive roles in the public sector in Wellington and Auckland. [10] Former health reporter Tess Nichol, writing for the American online magazine Slate, described him as "New Zealand's current obsession, an unlikely heartthrob, a mild-mannered health care hero". Prior to this, he has held a series of senior public health leadership roles. He was also proud of the efforts to raise uptake among younger Mori, where coverage still lags well behind non-Mori. Her work has been focused on health systems, addressing inequity in health and cancer. Originally from Colorado in the USA, Abbe is a dual citizen of New Zealand and Australia and has undertaken executive study at Otago University and worked alongside rural hospitals in Te Waipounamu earlier in her career. She was Director of the Cancer and Chronic Disease Research Group at University of Otago. by section 111(1) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 (2000 No 91). He was the public-facing health specialist liaising with the media during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand on behalf of the government, from the first press conference on 27 January 2020. For three years, 2006-2009, she was Regional Director of Training at the Australasian College of Public Health Medicine. Dr Bramley has held a number of senior roles across the health system over the years, including being a member of the national health committee, national ethics committee and most recently a member of the ministerial review committee for continuous improvement for the COVID-19 response. That is no real surprise but will exacerbate the situation that has been allowed to develop with the Director-General. She is experienced in change leadership, Pacific health equity and designing new models of care with communities. Her work has been focused on health systems, addressing inequity in health and cancer. The country's 12 public health units had no way of sharing details with each other at the start of the pandemic unless officials made phone calls to each other. The Director is responsible for the overall delivery of their assigned workstream. The Ministry of Health is the Governments chief advisor and steward of New Zealands public health system. Im pleased to announce that Dr Nicholas Jones will take the role of Director of Public Health, which is so important to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders, Dr Bloomfield says. [32], Member of the Order of the British Empire, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Auckland's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, "Covid 19 coronavirus: Ashley Bloomfield stuns boy, 6, with handwritten response to letter", "Dr Ashley Bloomfield asked burning questions in final AM interview, reveals star sign", "Ashley Bloomfield's rise to the top the inside story", "Covid-19 coronavirus: Inside Dr Ashley Bloomfield's work and family bubble", "Hilary Barry shares photo of teen Ashley Bloomfield performing in 1983 school production of Oklahoma! Celia has a background as an organisational psychologist, with over 12 years delivering organisational development consultancy services across the public and private sectors. The Deputy Public Service Commissioner has today announced the appointment of Dr Diana Sarfati as Acting Director-General of Health and Chief Executive, Ministry of Health. Bloomfield has already said, however, that he is confident in the systems and processes in place to respond to the pandemic after he leaves. Sir Ashley Robin Bloomfield KNZM (born March 1966) is a New Zealand public health official. He then spent six years working in the Ministry, culminating in management roles in both public health and Mori health (as Manager, Te Kete Hauora). Dr Jacobs was previously the WHO Representative to Lao People's Democratic Republic from . Start your day with a curation of our top stories in your inbox, Help us create a sustainable future for independent local journalism. His entire life had been dedicated to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders . The role of Director is critical in leading, managing and delivering the commitments made by government to support small businesses in New Zealand. Maree has had a wide range of experience in the public service, primarily in social sector policy relating to children, young people, families and communities. In November 2020, Dr Jones was awarded a New Zealand Public Service Medal Award for his exceptional contribution to health in Hawkes Bay. She joined the Ministry from Te Arawa Whnau Ora where she was Chief Executive. [27], In August 2021, Bloomfield apologised to the New Zealand Parliament's health select committee for providing them with incorrect information about a United Nations worker from Fiji who later tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Ashley Bloomfield scores try in annual parliamentary rugby match", "The best dressed Kiwis list is out, who makes the cut? Dr Nicholas Jones has worked in public health for more than 30 years (2014). Between 2015 and 2019 Dr Sarfati was co-head and then head of the University of Otagos Department of Public Health. Martinhas a doctoral degree from AUT examining health workforce change. She has over 25 years experience in the health and disability sector, including 15 years clinical practice in hospitals and in primary and community care. She is a respected and skilled senior leader with a public sector, clinical and academic background. Dr Nick Chamberlain was Northland DHB Chief Executive for nearly 12 years. Dr Sarfati is a public health physician, cancer epidemiologist and health services researcher with a world-leading reputation in cancer control strategy and research. A new Director of Public Health has been appointed and will join Manat Hauora on 15 August, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. The Ministry of Health is the Government's chief advisor on health matters. He is currently clinical director and medical officer of Health at Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Mui, Hawke's Bay. The Director-General of Health is a pivotal role leading a sector critical to the overall wellbeing of New Zealanders. Interim Director, Prevention Astrid Koornneef, Maria Lafaele, Interim Pacific Lead, Directors Office, Tofilau Talalelei Taufale, Interim National Pacific Health Commissioning Lead and Pacific Lead RSE and Transformation, Pauline Fuimaono Sanders, Interim National Pacific Health Workforce Lead, Teei Kaiaruna, Interim National Pacific Integrated Contracts Sprint Lead, Namoe Tuipulotu, Interim National Pacific Intelligence Lead, Amanaki Misa, Interim Hospital Services Re-design Lead (Te Waipounamu), Director, Intelligence Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith, see NPHS regional structure under 'Regional leadership' below, Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Te Tai Tokerau Northland Tracey Schiebli(1 Jan - 30 June 2023), Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Te Toka Tumai Auckland Dr Mike Shepherd(1 Jan - 30 June 2023), Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Counties Manukau Dr Vanessa Thornton(1 Jan - 30 June 2023), Interim Lead - Hospital and Specialist Services, Waitemat Mark Shepherd(until new appt. Through this pathway, she progressed to complete the NHS Management Development Programme and longer term has led large and complex health services in Aotearoa New Zealand and Queensland. All this was avoidable. [5] While at the board she was involved in the response to Havelock North's gastro outbreak, the first case of the SARS virus in New Zealand and a listeria outbreak. Fionnagh brings a clinical background to her work. [12][13] In 1997, he graduated from the University of Auckland with a Master of Public Health degree, with first-class honours. Sarah joined Manat Hauora in early 2019 from the Ministry of Justice, where she spent eight years in group management and deputy secretary roles, with her work including service design and improvement, service commissioning, and implementing legislative change.
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