Knowing we have YOUR support we can move Auckland's health system from good... to great. Our skills are expressed by the following values:

• Putting patient's first, no our own interests
• Vision and flair
• Professionalism
• Accountability
• Sustainability
• Transparency
• Affordability
• Equal access for all

We are centrist in outlook - community, patient and health worker friendly and we believe in getting the basics right.  We stand for:

• A health system that works for its patients and is action and people driven
• Value for money
• Effective and efficient governance
• Cooperating with Auckland City
• A health system that is safe for patients and staff
• A complete holistic approach to the public health including interacting with central and local government
• Cooperative consultation

Value for money

• Long term sustainability of the public health system is dependent on strictly seeking value for money

More effective and efficient governance for by:

• Cooperation
• Public consultation
• Ensuring basic services are right before embarking on major new projects
• Reducing the bureaucracy and streamlining board processes
• Opening meetings for greater transparency unless justified as manifestly not in the best interests of the community
• Respect for all individuals and communities
• Strict accountability from all involved in the health system, including central government

Working within the economy by:

• A drive to reduced costs where quality is not compromised
• Fostering, developing and sponsoring major partnerships with demonstrable payback
• More use of partnership models to leverage investments
• Utilising external experience and capital to improve effectiveness and timeliness of projects

A safe, clean and vibrant health system by:

• Clean green policies where quality and delivery is not compromised
• A zero tolerance for patient and staff intimidation
• Cooperating with and lobbying central government to solve the social problems of today
• Celebrating cohesiveness and pride in being New Zealand's premier health board
• Support advocacy for better health promotion and outcomes

A holistic sensible approach to the health needs of Auckland by:

• Being a health board working for the patients, not for ourselves
• Advocating for fiscal policies that will ensure the long term sustainability of the health system
• Promoting state of the art patient care, with reduced waiting times
• Great staff/management relations
• Recruitment and retention of the best staff
• Investment in state of the art equipment
• Importance of core activities over feel-good vote catching initiatives
• Medical personnel should feature prominently in management and setting the priorities of the health system
• Meticulous conflict of interest reporting, transparency and accountability
• Cost effectiveness through a lean efficient bureaucracy
• Long term sustainable planning for the good of the whole community, not short term planning driven by ideology or the three - yearly election cycle.
• Cooperation and consensus to achieve our goals
• Insisting that elected representatives should represent, not dictate!