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For some New Zealanders, the cost of mobile data can be a barrier to accessing essential health and wellbeing information and digital health services. Those who cannot access information and services often have the highest needs.
Te Tara O Te Whai has gathered community insights from a Health Forum in Te Aroha, QR survey and one-on-one with individuals.
On behalf of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Te Tara o Te Whai held a community meeting in Waihi in March to hear from the community about what changes they would like to see in their community.
The following are highlights shared by the community:
- Accessibility needs for more accessibility and availability to health care services, practices in Waihi are not taking on enrolments, “my husband has to travel to Paeroa to see a GP.
- Support with palliative care.
- Having specialised care services delivered in our community, radiotherapy.
- Only two services offer emergency services. We don’t want to travel out of our community
for care. - Remove the cost of prescriptions. We now must choose medication or kai.
- We need safe spaces for our young people to access the services when they need to.
- Be able to access care options virtually that don’t charge for data usage.
- To have free family planning services.
- Need for early access to mental health support.
- Have open access to services.
- Funding models create collaboration barriers
- Need transparency of funding
- Workforce, need for more carers to support our older people
- Not enough workforce in our community
- More community nurses and GPs are needed
- Shortage of midwives
