Dec 4, 2020

Congratulations to our 2019/2020 award-winning practices!

Despite our annual awards celebration being cancelled due to the uncertainty brought by COVID-19, our practices have continued to deliver quality care for their patients and communities with outstanding dedication in an uncertain, difficult and unpredictable environment.

Although we were unable to celebrate altogether at an awards event, our Clinical Director Dr Hinamaha Lutui and members of the Practice Network Team visited the award-winning practices one-by-one to deliver their certificates and prizes.

AH+ CEO Wayne Williams says the work done this this year, “perhaps more than any other,” still had to be acknowledged.

“All primary and community care front-line staff in our network and across the country are heroes in my view, risking their own lives for the greater good of securing the nation’s safety. Many testing centre staff worked for consecutive days across several weeks, spending long periods of time away from their families during what was an incredibly stressful and uncertain time. We know that many in the health sector are currently fatigued and ‘running on empty’, so we hope they get a chance to rest up over the Christmas holiday period.”

Please join us in sending a warm congratulations to all winners for their ongoing exceptional work!

Below is a list of the award winners split into Total Population and High Needs Population. You can view the full award details on pages 17 & 18 of our 2019/2020 Annual Report here

Scroll down to see photos of some of the winning practices.

High Needs Population Categories

Criteria: Maori, Pacific or Quintile 5 with at least 10 eligible patients in categories of small (0-2000), medium (2001 – 5000) & large (5000 +) enrolled population that met target as at June 2020.

Immunisations Eight months olds fully immunised: Medium: Clevedon Road Medical Centre Large: South Seas Healthcare Trust

Twenty four months olds fully immunised: Medium: Greenstone Family Clinic

For CVD Assessment and Management: Small: Sandhu Doctors Medium: Queen Street Medical Centre Large: South Seas Healthcare Trust

CVD secondary prevention: Small: Stanmore Bay Medical Centre Medium: Hong Kong Surgery Large: Avondale Family Health Centre

Smoking brief advice: Small: Howick Medical Practice Medium: Queen Street Medical Centre

Diabetes Assessment and Management Small: Howick Medical Practice Medium: Queen Street Medical Centre Large: Tongan Health Society

Valid HbA1c within 15 months: Small: Sandhu Doctors Medium: The Airport Doctors Large: South Seas Healthcare Trust

Management of microalbuminuria: Medium: Hong Kong Surgery

Total Population Categories Criteria: Having at least 10 eligible patients in categories of small (0 – 2000), medium (2001 – 5000) & large (5000+) enrolled population that met target and had an overall ranking of all four quarters as the top performer.

Smoking brief advice: Small: Howick Medical Practice Medium: Queen St Medical Centre

Immunisations Eight month olds fully immunised: Medium: Hong Kong Surgery Large: South Seas Healthcare Trust

Twenty-four months olds fully immunised: Medium: Hong Kong Surgery

Diabetes Assessment and Management: Small: Caring Clinic Medium: Queen St Medical Centre Large: Tongan Health Society

Valid HbA1c within 15 months: Small: Grafton Medical Centre Medium: Southpoint Family Doctors Large: South Seas Healthcare Trust

Mental health: Medium: Elstree Ave Family Doctors for supporting the establishment of group therapy sessions with a psychologist. Large: Waiuku Health Centre for early use of the practice-based mental health tool ‘Just a Thought’ which offer treatment through a web-based platform.

For CVD Assessment and Management: Small: Sandhu Doctors Medium: Queen Street Medical Centre Large: South Seas Healthcare Trust

CVD secondary prevention: Small: Stanmore Bay Medical Centre Medium: Dr Magan's Surgery Large: South Seas Healthcare Trust

CVD primary prevention: Medium: Alliance Family Healthcare Otahuhu

Cervical screening: Small: Sandhu Doctors Medium: Queen Street Medical Centre

We are happy to share some photos of the winning practices: