Advance care planning is a process of thinking and talking about patients values and goals and what their preferences are for current and future health care. It helps the patient to understand what the future might hold, and say what health care they would or would not want, including end-of-life care.
This short booklet gives a basic introduction to the model of care, which has now been adopted to underpin change and improvement in many general practices all over Aotearoa.
The Building Blocks narrows down to the 12 key characteristics (out of the 38 characteristics of the Enhance Model of Care) for practices starting out on their journey. The models flexible and adaptive, practices are encouraged to choose the aspects that for the needs of its community/whānau. Want to know more? Download the building blocks of Health Care Home which details 12 characteristics to focus on when you start your journey
Credit Tū Ora Compass Health
The purpose of this resource is to guide the Clinical Assistant within Primary Care working under the delegation of a General Practitioner or Nurse Practitioner.
Please note – all practices utilising this resource need to ensure that the recommended actions have been reviewed and agreed upon within the practice context or updated to a practice specific version under the guidance of practice clinical governance/leadership.
This has been written with Wellington based laboratory limits and 3D Health Pathways recommendations and was last fully reviewed in November 2023.
7.4 Clinical Triage Guidance Resource Toolkit Edit version 2025
A guidance document for practices. The components in this Clinical Triage guidance provide a comprehensive understanding of clinical triage in a primary care setting for providers involved in the process, contributing to the delivery of effective and timely patient care.
Last updated: April 2025
The purpose of Workshop One was to reflect on the current state of the primary care model in Aotearoa; specifically, the General Practice model: identify what’s working well and what could be improved. Read this play-back document on workshop one, where the team took initial steps to review and reimagine our primary care model to better support whānau and kaimahi across Aotearoa.
The purpose of Workshop Two was to Review and Reimagine our primary care model by scaffolding activities that would inspire critical evaluation of Health Care Home (HCH) and open opportunities to explore wildcard ideas. Read this play-back document on workshop two.
The purpose of Workshop Two was to Review and Reimagine our primary care model by scaffolding activities that would inspire critical evaluation of Health Care Home (HCH) and open opportunities to explore wildcard ideas. Read this play-back document on workshop three.
