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HCA's Kaupapa

Transforming social inequality through community inspired health services

  • Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership framework
  • Affordable, accessible, effective, appropriate and quality primary health services for all communities including Maori, Pacific peoples, migrants, refugees, youth  and low income families
  • Community ownership, governance and development of primary healthcare  Recognition of,and advocacy around, the broader determinants of health.  Operation within a holistic and collaborative framework that addresses inequalities in health status
  • Population based funding with ethnicity and deprivation as essential indicators of need
  • Universal access to primary health care as a right
  • Improving the health status of those hardest to reach

HCA Mission:

To be an effective support and lobbying network for not for profit, community driven healthcare services in Aotearoa.

HCA values:

  •  The practice of Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership model
  •  Tika, pono and aroha as the ethical foundations of our work
  •  A collaborative approach to the way we work
  •  Innovation, flexibility and responsiveness to identified need within a values based decision making environment
We expect the application of these values will be expressed through ethical practices within a Treaty based context.

This means acting with integrity within the cultural context we find ourselves.  We will be honest with those with whom we work, respectful that not all agencies and people are equally resourced.  The exercise of compassion is core to our service ethic without surrendering objective judgement when meeting member needs.

None of this removes the responsibility of our members to accept accountability for their own circumstances.  They are the source of their own Rangatiratanga.

HCA Aims:

1.1    to be a network of member services offering mutual support and encouragement to promote unity and strength

1.2    to provide a national perspective to member services in order to:

  • share and learn from innovations and effective models of primary health care
  • support the concept of community development and encourage community participation in primary health care
  • liaise with like minded organisations
  • promote a culture of accountability, quality and continuous improvement
  • assist new community driven services to be established

1.3    to be an effective advocate nationally and regionally on behalf of the network striving to:

  • promote the values and value of community driven primary health services
  • ensure continued funding and a community focus in health planning

1.4    to provide member support and development services through:

  • professional, administrative and managerial advice
  • assistance with contract negotiations, staff recruitment and training and development of new services
  • regular communication such as hui, newsletters and the circulation of relevant information

1.5    To conduct and/or commission research in the field of community driven primary health care