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11 January 2018
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Dr Dale Bramley
Chief Executive Officer
Waitemata District Health Board
Via email only: [email address]
Dear Dr Bramley
Medical Council of New Zealand (Council) accreditation report
Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) recently underwent an accreditation assessment as a provider
of prevocational medical training. Council’s accreditation team has completed its review, taking into
account information provided by Waitemata DHB as part of its self-assessment, as well as findings
from the site visits to North Shore and Waitakere Hospital on 4 and 5 September 2018.
At its meeting on 4 and 5 December 2018, Council reviewed the draft
Prevocational medical training
accreditation report: Waitemata District Health Board and your response to the report.
Council’s decision
Following consideration of your response to the draft
Prevocational medical training accreditation
report: Waitemata District Health Board, Council resolved to amend the outcome of Standard 3.4
Orientation from ‘not met’ to ‘substantially met’.
Having made this amendment, Council resolved to endorse the
Prevocational medical training
accreditation report: Waitemata District Health Board and resolved that:
under the Official Information Act 1982
the overall outcome of the assessment for accreditation is substantially met
Waitemata DHB be accredited for a period of 3 years (until 31 December 2021) subject to it
satisfactorily addressing the required actions below.
As above, Council resolved that it requires an interim report from Waitemata DHB that satisfies
Council that the required actions specified below have been addressed by
14 June 2019:
1.
Waitemata DHB must ensure that the process of obtaining informed consent aligns with
Council’s statement on
Information, choice of treatment and informed consent and is
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understood by all staff involved in patient care and enacted across all services. (Standard
3.1.10)
2.
Waitemata DHB must ensure that interns commencing employment partway through the
intern year receive appropriate orientation to the DHB. (Standard 3.4.1)
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Protecting the public,
te whakatairanga pai i te mahi
promoting good
e pā ana ki te taha rongoā
medical practice
3.
Waitemata DHB must ensure that formal orientation at the start of each clinical attachment
occurs. (Standard 3.4.2)
4.
Waitemata DHB must ensure that interns are clinically supervised at a level appropriate to
their clinical experience and responsibilities at all times. (Standard 4.3.2)
5.
Waitemata DHB must ensure that applications for annual leave are dealt with fairly and
transparently. (Standard 6.2.7)
Please find enclosed a template for the interim report due
14 June 2019. Please note, if, 12 months
after accreditation has been granted, all the required actions have not satisfactorily been addressed,
a further accreditation assessment will be required within 6 months of Council’s decision.
The Education Committee will review the interim report at its meeting in August 2019.
Final report
Please find enclosed the report
Prevocational medical training accreditation report: Waitemata
District Health Board. Council will publish the enclosed report on its website on
12 February 2019.
Feedback on prevocational medical training accreditation assessment process
Council would like to invite Waitemata DHB to provide feedback on its recent experience of Council’s
accreditation process. Please find enclosed a feedback form. Your feedback will inform quality
improvement of our processes.
On behalf of the accreditation team, I would like to thank you and the staff at Waitemata DHB for all
of the assistance we received organising and making arrangements for the visit.
Should you have any questions regarding the above, please do not hesitate to contact Hollie
Bennett, Team leader, Education on 04 381 6786 or by email at [email address].
Yours sincerely
Joan Simeon
Chief Executive Officer
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Dr A Brant (Chief Medical Officer)
under the Official Information Act 1982
Dr I Wallace (Clinical Director of Training)
Drs N Ahmed, L Chapman, R, Desai, H Gardner, A Herd, P Insull, A Jenner, R Kalluru, V Ozorio, K Read, P Shapkov
and V Singh (Prevocational Educational Supervisors)
Ms N Heap (Team Leader, Clinical Education and Training Unit)
Ms T Davis (Portfolio Manager Workforce Operations, NRA)
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Prevocational medical training accreditation report: Waitemata District Health Board
Template for interim report due 14 June 2019
Feedback form
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Te tiaki i te iwi whānui me
Protecting the public,
te whakatairanga pai i te mahi
promoting good
e pā ana ki te taha rongoā
medical practice
