Over recent years, the Ministry of Health has been working with public health units (PHUs) to develop nationally consistent planning and reporting templates and strengthen alignment of PHU/DHB planning and reporting processes.

These documents set out the 2017/18 Annual Plan Guidance for DHB-owned PHUs to support them to develop their PHU annual plan with their DHB(s).  The guidance, which forms part of the 2017/18 Planning Package for DHBs, has been developed by the Ministry-sector working group in consultation with Ministry and sector colleagues.

Please consider all of the documents carefully. Section 1 of the Guidance Overview outlines alignment with Results Based Accountability™ (RBA) and the core functions approach. Section 2 is focused on general guidance while section 3 is about the ‘mechanics’ of the 2017/18 PHU annual plan and its templates. Advice on the timeline for the PHU annual plan and its endorsement by your DHB(s) is provided at the end of the document.