Synergia Services

Strategy and design

• Synergia Services
• Strategy and design
• Service performance
• Health sector modelling
• System infrastructure
• Learning and capability development
• Research and evaluation

Synergia has the people approaches and tools to understand complex problems and provide clarity and direction for organisations and networks or organisations and communities.

Strategy and design capabilities

   -   Organisational strategic review and design
   -   Multi-organisation network design reviews
   -   Sector strategy and policy analysis and formulation
   -   Dynamic simulation modelling
   -   Intervention logic and outcome frameworks
   -   Facilitation and engagement across diverse stakeholders

Strategy and design experience
 
 
Auckland Regional Health Impact Assessment Strategic Review
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        Adrian Field
Client:          Auckland Regional Public Health Service
Population:     General Population
Focus:         Strategy and design
Sector:         Health
Description:
Identifying opportunities for health impact assessment in the Auckland region and charting a forward programme for its development and leadership by the Auckland Regional Public Health Service. The research process included stakeholder interviews, a multi-sectoral workshop, document analysis, and an online survey.
 
 
Framework for long-term conditions                         
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        David Rees
Client:          Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Population:     General Population, Maori, Older People
Focus:         Strategy and design
Sector:         Health
Description:
This project focused on providing a framework for long-term conditions that would proved the platform for the overall strategy of the Board to develop a pathway to clinical and financial sustainability
 
 
Let's Beat Diabetes dissemination                               
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        Adrian Field
Client:          Counties Manukau District Health Board
Population:     General Population, Maori, Pacific
Focus:         Strategy and design
Sector:         Health
Description:
Development of peer reviewed articles for journal publication.
 
Move It                                                                                   
 
Project Date:    2008
Contact:         Paul Stephenson
Client:           Sport Waitakere
Population:      General Population, Maori, Pacific
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Physical Activity
Description:
Development of a five year multi-agency physical activity strategy for Waitakere City.
 
 
Nelson Marlborough Primary Care Strategy           
 
Project Date:    2008
Contact:         Philip Gandar, Paul Stephenson
Client:           Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Population:      General Population
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
Working with Nelson Marlborough DHB and the two Primary Health Organisations to develop a long term strategy and operational framework for primary health care.
 
 
Pacific Workforce Development Plan                         
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:       Adrian Field
Client:         Auckland District Health Board
Population:     Pacific
Focus:         Strategy and design
Sector:         Health
Description:
Development of a long term plan for the Pacific health workforce throughout Auckland DHB, spanning all arms of health services, and focusing particularly on young Pacific people, nursing and allied health development, and career development and leadership pathways.
 
 
Renal Service Design                                                        
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        David Rees
Client:          Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Population:     General Population, Maori
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:         Health
Description:
This assignment focused on redesigning the current renal service in response to growing demand for in-centre dialysis services. The work used System Dynamics modelling to explore the drivers of renal demand and the clinical and financial outcomes of different design options.
 
 
South Island Population Health Strategy                 
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Ministry of Health
Population:
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
Development of Healthy South - a strategy for developing population health capability for the whole South Island.  Involved detailed analysis and widespread stakeholder engagement. Undertaken for MoH and all South Island DHBs.
 
 
Strategy Development                                                     
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        Miles Shepheard
Client:          Work and Income New Zealand
Population:      General Population
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:         Social
Description:
We assisted with the development of the initial strategy to cope with the changing numbers of unemployed people.
 
 
Wellington Region Population Health Strategy       
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Ministry of Health
Population:      General Population, Maori, Pacific
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
A five year strategy identifying clear priorities for the three DHBs and including evidenced based outcome frameworks to drive collective action to achieve improvements in health status for the population groups most at risk.

 
Integrity Services Design
 
Project Date:   2008
Contact:        Miles Shepheard
Client:          Ministry of Social Development
Population:      General Population
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Social
Description:
Integrity Services needed to rethink the concept of Integrity within the Ministry, in order to assure a robust 'integrity system' owned by all managers and staff. Synergia developed the conceptual design for the MSD 'Integrity System', and facilitated a number of workshops with managers from across the Ministr, setting up working parties within each Service in the Ministry


Design and facilitation of strategic planning           
 
Project Date:   2007
Contact:       Miles Shepheard
Client:          Feijoa Growers Association
Population:     General Population
Focus:         Strategy and design
Sector:         Other
Description:
We designed and facilitated the strategic planning for the Feijoa Growers Association
 
 
PAN Auckland 2010                                                           
 
Project Date:   2007
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Ministry of Health
Population:     General Population, Maori, Pacific
Focus:         Strategy and design
Sector:         Health
Description:
A five year strategic implementation plan for HEHA across three DHB areas, includes aligning the Ministry of Health and the DHB's needs and aspirations.
 
 
Review of Auckland Bridging Programme               
 
Project Date:   2007
Contact:        Miles Shepheard
Client:          Youth Horizons
Population:      Younger People
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Social
Description:
A systemic review of the programme that takes troubled youth and reintegrates them into society.
 
 
Modelling Diabetes in the Pacific Population           
 
Project Date:   2006
Contact:        David Rees
Client:          Counties Manukau District Health Board
Population:      Pacific
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
As part of the National Pacific Diabetes Strategy, this work was undertaken to explore the impact of different strategies upon the prevalence and incidence of obesity and diabetes amongst the Pacific population in Counties Manukau
 
 
Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan                            
 
Project Date:   2006
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Nelson Marlborough District Health Board
Population:     General Population
Focus:         Strategy and design
Sector:         Health
Description:
Synergia supported development of the strategic and operational plan, involves $10 million investment by the DHB in public health activities.
 
 
Our Health 2020                                                                 
 
Project Date:   2006
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Auckland District Health Board
Population:      General Population
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
Our Health 2020 is a broad plan and process to focus Auckland DHB on its whole system responsibilities.  Developed Health Improvement plans with whole system focus for priority health areas.  Our Health 2020 has resulted in more strategic approach to improve performance across the sector.
 
 
Green Prescriptions Review                                           
 
Project Date:   2005
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          SPARC
Population:      General Population
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Physical Activity
Description:
Analysis of Green Prescription (GRx) and development of future strategy.  The work resulted in $10 million investment by Government in expansion of GRx as part of Mission On to move from a boutique programme to core sector infrastructure.
 
 
Let's Beat Diabetes strategy                                          
 
Project Date:   2005
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Counties Manukau District Health Board
Population:      General Population, Maori, Pacific
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
A whole system strategy to reduce diabetes incidence and improve quality of care.  Focus for $10 million investment from Counties Manukau DHB. Let's Beat Diabetes is now entering year 3 of implementation.  Seen as an exemplar programme of international significance.
 
 
Modelling Investment Strategies for Let's Beat Diabetes
 
Project Date:   2005
Contact:        Paul Stephenson, David Rees
Client:          Counties Manukau District Health Board
Population:      General Population, Maori, Pacific
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
As part of the development of the Let's Beat Diabetes programme, this assignment used System Dynamics modelling to explore the prevalence and incidence of obesity and diabetes for the population of Counties Manukau under different investment strategies.
 
 
Outcomes Framework                                                      
 
Project Date:   2005
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Counties Manukau District Health Board
Population:      General Population
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
Synergia provided the overall conceptual framework that Counties Manukau DHB used to for its outcomes framework in its strategic plan.


Framework for Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease 2004-2008
 
Project Date:   2004
Contact:        Paul Stephenson
Client:          Waitemata District Health Board
Population:      General Population
Focus:          Strategy and design
Sector:          Health
Description:
An analysis, stakeholder review, and development of a strategic framework for improved chronic disease management.  The work also involved a review of cross sector DHB/PHO relationships and opportunities for collaborative governance.