Dr Martin Chadwick1
1Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, NZ Ministry of Health
Biography:
Martin is the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer within the Ministry of Health, working in partnership with the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Midwifery Officer and Chief Nursing Officer in providing transdisciplinary clinical leadership and advice. The role works at a systems level as well as providing support to clinicians, programmes and projects across the Ministry.
Martin was the 2019-20 New Zealand Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice. He has completed his doctoral degree in 2019 examining health workforce change. He is passionate about the untapped potential that Allied Health Professions can bring in improving the quality of care provided to our populations, and in turn better meeting equitable population health needs. More recently he worked with his team to publish the first iteration of the Hauora Haumi Allied Health report which captures the potential and associated challenges for an initial grouping of 14 professions with the intention to build on this over time. Another key publication has been the Te Awa Tārai-Career Development Guide for Allied Health Professionals that was developed in partnership with Ngā Pou Mana, the peak Allied Health Body for Allied Health professionals identifying as Māori.
Abstract:
In both Australia and New Zealand the landscape of health continues to change and evolve. With so many players involved the constant challenge is to navigate competing interests while keeping a focus on the potential within Allied Health to deliver better outcomes. This presentation aims to make sense of this complexity, and in turn to realise we each have a part to play, albeit different parts, but it does not need to be in competition.