SAFE & EFFECTIVE STAFFING The New Zealand Experience
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STRONG EVIDENCE
UNDERPINNING THE APPROACH
WORKABLE METHOD/SYSTEM/
VEHICLE
EFFECTIVE SYSTEM LEVERAGE TO
EFFECT CHANGE
CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN GAINS
CLEAR PURPOSEEFFECTIVE & SAFE STAFFING, PRODUCTIVE USE OF RESOURCES,
DECENT WORK
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COI Recommendations
Vehicle - methodologyQUA
LITY P
ATIE
NT C
ARE
QUALITY WORK ENVIRONM
ENT
BEST USE OF HEALTH RESOURCES
Levers
FAILURE (DEATH) ZONE
DECOMPENSATION ZONE
STRETCH ZONE
BUFFER ZONE
SUB- PRODUCTIVE ZONE
UNPRODUCTIVE ZONE
IDEAL OPERATING ZONE
INCREASING EXPOSURE TO RISK & HARM
AS CONTEXT DEGRADES
INCREASING LIKELIH
OOD OF HARM W
ITH
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO DEGRADED
CONTEXT
RESILIENCE ZO
NES M
ODEL
Protest phots
Strength of relations within unions and capacity to maintain gains
Summary
• Strong methodology
• Complex rather than simple approach
• Not strong with supporting evidence (but aware of this)
• Strong union involvement
• Moderately strong with leveraging change
• Have not secured a mandated method
• Have not achieved change at scale