Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau
Tanya Wright is a prominent clinical leader in mental health, currently serving as the Clinical Lead for CAMHS Integration at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau since December 2019, where the focus is on enhancing mental health services for children and young people. Tanya has extensive experience as a consultant psychiatrist across various organizations, including the Auckland District Health Board and the University of Auckland, where contributions include roles as Clinical Head for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services, and Honorary Senior Lecturer. Tanya's academic credentials include a PhD from the University of Auckland and a strong foundation in neuroscience with a BSc (Hons) from the University of Otago. Tanya's dedication to teaching and research, alongside a robust clinical background in assessing and treating mental health disorders in youth, underscores a commitment to advancing mental health care and education.
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Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau
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Our Region: Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) provides health and disability services to an estimated 512,000 people who reside in the local authorities of Auckland, Waikato and Hauraki District. The estimated Counties Manukau population for 2015 is 520,140 or 11% of the total New Zealand population. What we do: • Collaborating with other DHBs, service providers, the community and other stakeholders to plan the strategic direction for health and disability services in the northern region and promote the integration of health services • Funding the provision of most health and disability services provided in Counties Manukau through service contracts with health and disability providers and non-governmental organisations • Providing hospital based services for the population of Counties Manukau and some access to specialist or highly complex services for people who are referred from other DHBs • Promoting, protecting and improving the health of the Counties Manukau population through the provision of health promotion, health education and evidence based public health initiatives. Who we are: We care about achieving health equity for our community. Together, the Counties Manukau health system will work with others to achieve equity in key health indicators for Maaori, Pacific and communities with health disparities by 2020. We will measure the impact we have on healthy life years every year. This is our commitment to act and be deliberate in our choices and priorities. This means that people will live longer healthier lives in the community Our Values: We aspire to live and breathe our values every day as the foundation of our strategic actions: • Valuing everyone Make everyone feel welcome and valued •Kind Care for other people's well being • Together Include everyone as part of the team • Excellent Safe, professional, always improving