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The Population Health and Access SLC was disestablished in August 2023. 

The overarching purpose of the Population Health & Access Service Level Alliance is to monitor population level health (outcomes) and to provide advice and recommendations (to the system through ALT) on innovative and integrative ways of providing care and ways to enable a health promoting health system (to continuously and equitably improve those outcomes).

The Population Health and Access Service Level Alliance was established in December 2017 to elevate the population health work in Canterbury to extend beyond the focus of PHO funded health promotion activities, to initiatives and approaches supporting improved health outcomes across the Canterbury health system and across partner agencies. 

Previously a population health work group sat under the Flexible Funding Pool SLA. The SLA’s role was to develop and prioritise population health services that support people to take greater responsibility for their own health and making healthy choices, with a focus on improving access to primary health care for populations with higher health needs.

Through the new Population Health & Access SLA there is an opportunity to develop the Canterbury Health System’s approach to addressing our population's determinants of health, and enabling the vision of a ‘health promoting health system’. 

Latest News
20Apr

Case study: Working together towards equity

20 Apr, 2020 | Return|

A new case study series is being developed, which demonstrates how we work collectively, by documenting critical elements from the alliance model that have led to positive outcomes. These elements include partnership / relationship building, use of data in decision making, engaging with communities and working towards equity.

This case study looks at how a group of organisations have worked collaboratively towards the design and delivery of an equitable stop smoking service model - Te Hā Waitaha. It looks at four key elements:

  • Meaningful engagement and partnership with Māori and Pasifika
  • Collaboration
  • Whakawhanaungatanga - the process of establishing relationships and relating well with others
  • Equity and access

Read the full case study here.

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Useful resources

Work Plan 2021-22

For Population Health SLA. Read full CCN work plan.

Health in all policies toolkit

Tools and tips to support a health in all policies approach.

Interpreter Services

Best Practice Guidelines for interpreter services for Canterbury health system.

Case study - Te Hā Waitaha

A case study about working together towards equity.

The Te Ha - Waitaha journey

A video of the journey to Canterbury's collaborative stop smoking service.

Te Hā - Waitaha

Offers free stop smoking support to anyone in Canterbury.

Alcohol-related harm

Outlines rationale and vision for the strategy.