Website for health services in the Southern district launched

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We are proud to launch Southern Health, a new all-in-one website for services in the Southern district.

Developed by Southern DHB and WellSouth PHO, in partnership with Community Health Council, its aim is to make it easier for people to understand our health system, and find the health services they need.

Thank you to all the more than 500 health providers who have provided information, to help make finding care even more accessible.

With this new website comes a new logo – a way for healthcare providers in the Southern district to present themselves as part of this wider health system.

The logo represents the golden landscapes of Otago, the greens of Southland and the Clutha Mata-Au river that – like the health services in our district – reaches from mountains to the coast. It is underscored by a kiwaha gifted through our kaumatua: He hauora, he kuru pounamu – good health is a great treasure.

Community Health Council member Paula Waby, who was on the steering committee for the new site, says the need for a new website was raised from the Council’s first meeting.

“A lot of people felt that health information needed to be much easier to find, and more connected.

“One of the things that was important to me was that it would be accessible for disabled people, and indeed for all people, and didn’t require people to understand the health system before they even started.

“The Community Health Council represents the whole health system, and we wanted to have a website that shows the system in an interconnected way. 

“There has been a huge amount of work to achieve this, and we are really happy with it.”

Southern DHB chief executive Chris Fleming and WellSouth CEO Andrew Swanson-Dobbs say the website and logo reflects efforts to build a more integrated health system.

Creating this website and logo was part of the DHB and WellSouth’s Primary and Community Care Strategy.

“No one provider ever provides care on their own – it is always in partnership. This is another step towards recognising the interconnectedness of the whole system, and above all, making it easier for patients and the community to find the information they need,” Fleming says.

Source: Southern DHB and WellSouth media release, 23 August 2019

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