The Planning Guidelines include:

• DHB Annual and Regional Services planning guidance
• planning guidance for the Māori Health Plans
• Public Health Services planning and reporting requirements for DHB public health units
• timeframes for review phase.

For updates to the Crown Funding Agreement Schedules, please see:

• Operational Policy Framework and the Service Coverage Schedule changes
• Non-financial performance and monitoring – health targets, performance measures and other reporting requirements
• Purchase Unit Data Dictionary (V19 and V19.1) changes for 2014/15.
   

National Entity Priorities

The Health Sector Forum (HSF) led the process to prioritise the initiatives of the national health entities for the 2014/15 (including Health Benefits Limited, National Health IT Board, Health Quality & Safety Commission, National Health Committee, PHARMAC, Health Workforce New Zealand and Health Promotion Agency).

A template was shared with DHB Chief Financial Officers and General Managers Planning and Funding on 20 February 2014. Both financial and non-financial information was required from DHBs to cover a period of four years (current and three out-years).