Update on executive restructure

In December I shared the decision on the second phase of our executive leadership refresh, which ensures we have a leadership structure in place that supports our goals to improve healthcare service delivery to our community and the experience of staff and stakeholders who work with the DHB.

The new structure is a simplified approach, reducing the number of executive roles to nine and creating reporting lines for teams and work streams which have a natural alignment. This is intended to improve efficiency and reduce the risk of silos. The structure was achieved through a combination of expanding some roles, adjusting reporting lines, and in some cases it was necessary to disestablish positions.

With the new roles now established we will begin external recruitment this month and aim to have permanent appointments in place as soon as possible. In the interim a number of our former executives have agreed to fill the new roles in an acting capacity, for which I am grateful.