2018/19 has been a challenging year for Counties Manukau Health (CM Health). The challenges to strike a balance between achieving financial sustainability in a context of high population growth, the high cost of the burden of long term conditions and many of our residents living in low socioeconomic households is very real.
We welcomed the 2018/19 health sector focus on achieving health equity with 2018/19 being the fourth of our five year Healthy Together 2020 strategy which is working towards our strategic goal of achieving equity in key health indicators for Maaori, Pacific and communities with health disparities by 2020.