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Help us design a disability responsiveness system

Andre Chivell from Waikato District Health Board

He mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Nau mai Haere mai. Homai ō whakāro mo te Waikato DHB Disability Responsiveness Plan. 

Kia ora. Early this year we held a Disability Workshop seeking information on the challenges whānau hauā (people living with a disability and their whānau) face when accessing health services.

We listened to your kōrero and now have a draft Disability Responsiveness Plan that provides goals and actions for Waikato DHB to implement in order to eliminate the barriers and inequities faced by whānau hauā, in particular Māori, Pasifika and rural whānau hauā.

Date: Friday 4 October from 11am - 1pm for community members and 2-4pm for providers

Venue: Waikowharawhara Room, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Mangakotukutuku, 254 Ohaupo Rd, Glenview, Hamilton

We would like your feedback. Do you think we’ve got this right? And what is most important for you?

For more information go to our website www.waikatodhb.health.nz/drp
●for the draft Waikato DHB Disability Responsiveness Plan
●listen to a message from our Consumer Council
●or feedback by completing the online survey on our webpage

RSVP to Norma.Taute@waikatodhb.health.nz or phone 027 406 5184 by the 3 October.
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