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key messages of ‘right touch regulation’, and need to benchmark our regulatory
authority activity and continuously improve our processes to our ‘customers’, is something
the Secretariat is currently working very hard at. Right touch regulation is the concept of
the minimum regulatory force required to meet our legal requirement to ensure the health
and safety of the public. It’s about being proportionate and targeted in regulating that risk or
finding ways other than regulation to promote good practice and high quality care, and this
concept is one that is guiding the Board’s work at all times. Two Board members (Lesley
Thornley and Maarama Davis) also presented on the Board and Secretariat’s work regarding
our journey to better support and understand our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi which
was very well received.
Above: INPTRA 2015 Conference Group; right:
The Mobility and Common Standards panel,
INPTRA: Katya Masnyk and Dianne Millette,
Canada, Raul Agustin, Phillipines, Kathy
Grudzinskas, Australia, Janice Mueller, New
Zealand (also Marc Seale, United Kingdom).
Locally we also presented at the annual DHB Physiotherapy Leaders' conference held in
Christchurch, discussing the Board’s complaints process and engaging this important
group of leaders across the profession in these conversations.
Workforce development has been a key area of focus over the last 12 months. There is a
wealth of information that the Board collects via the workforce survey and with this, and the
assistance of Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL), we produced a workforce
projection report. The Chair and Board Professional Advisor also presented key messages
from this information at the biennial national physiotherapy conference in September.
Workforce development with a regulatory focus will continue to be an area of work in
conjunction with the professional body as appropriate.
The successes and progress we have made throughout the year would not have been
achieved without the commitment from the Secretariat staff and Board members.
Our sincere thanks go to them for their contributions. The support from the many registered
physiotherapists who carry out work in their roles as assessors, supervisors, professional
conduct committee members, competency reviewers and advisors, is also very much
valued – thank you, your work is acknowledged and appreciated.
We are of the firm view that we are well placed to continue to meet our
accountabilities and have a culture where we are open to improving the way
we work and the service we provide.
Janice Mueller Jeanette Woltman-Black
Chairperson Chief Executive
Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand – Annual Report 9
authority activity and continuously improve our processes to our ‘customers’, is something
the Secretariat is currently working very hard at. Right touch regulation is the concept of
the minimum regulatory force required to meet our legal requirement to ensure the health
and safety of the public. It’s about being proportionate and targeted in regulating that risk or
finding ways other than regulation to promote good practice and high quality care, and this
concept is one that is guiding the Board’s work at all times. Two Board members (Lesley
Thornley and Maarama Davis) also presented on the Board and Secretariat’s work regarding
our journey to better support and understand our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi which
was very well received.
Above: INPTRA 2015 Conference Group; right:
The Mobility and Common Standards panel,
INPTRA: Katya Masnyk and Dianne Millette,
Canada, Raul Agustin, Phillipines, Kathy
Grudzinskas, Australia, Janice Mueller, New
Zealand (also Marc Seale, United Kingdom).
Locally we also presented at the annual DHB Physiotherapy Leaders' conference held in
Christchurch, discussing the Board’s complaints process and engaging this important
group of leaders across the profession in these conversations.
Workforce development has been a key area of focus over the last 12 months. There is a
wealth of information that the Board collects via the workforce survey and with this, and the
assistance of Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL), we produced a workforce
projection report. The Chair and Board Professional Advisor also presented key messages
from this information at the biennial national physiotherapy conference in September.
Workforce development with a regulatory focus will continue to be an area of work in
conjunction with the professional body as appropriate.
The successes and progress we have made throughout the year would not have been
achieved without the commitment from the Secretariat staff and Board members.
Our sincere thanks go to them for their contributions. The support from the many registered
physiotherapists who carry out work in their roles as assessors, supervisors, professional
conduct committee members, competency reviewers and advisors, is also very much
valued – thank you, your work is acknowledged and appreciated.
We are of the firm view that we are well placed to continue to meet our
accountabilities and have a culture where we are open to improving the way
we work and the service we provide.
Janice Mueller Jeanette Woltman-Black
Chairperson Chief Executive
Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand – Annual Report 9
