About Us
Diane Rangi: Team Leader Information Service, passed away 7 January 2012
Diane was our staunch friend and colleague. She always said what needed to be said and did what needed to be done. We are better for having had her in our lives and her legacy to us is always to see the half full cup, act on our dreams and be thankful for what we have.
Arohanui Diane - God speed!
Vision
"Quality Living - Healthy Lives"
Mission
"Enable New Zealand will facilitate and deliver quality access to resources for people with identified health and disability support needs"
Enable New Zealand delivers a range of services for older people and disabled people. These services are contracted by the Ministry of Health, ACC and for some other District Health Boards.
Enable New Zealand:
- Is the biggest provider of equipment and housing modification services for the Health and Disability Sector in New Zealand.
- Is the largest provider of Disability Information Services in New Zealand.
- Is home to Enable New Zealand Needs Assessment & Service Coordination - one of the best Needs Assessment and Service Coordination Services in New Zealand.
- Processed over 105,000 applications last year for a range of programmes including the spectacle subsidies for children, hearing aids subsidies and equipment and housing modification provision for the Ministry of Health and equipment provision for ACC.
- Managed the return, refurbishment and reissue of around 31,000 pieces of Ministry of Health owned equipment last year at a net saving of around $20 million over the last two years.
- 11,000 referrals to purchase 19,000 pieces of equipment for ACC with 5,584 being reissued at a net saving of 1 million per year.
- Purchased 33,204 items of Ministry of Health List Equipment at a value of $5.8 million last year.
- Manages 9000 requests for disability information each year.
- Receives 186,000 visitors to the Weka Website each year.
Enable New Zealand is an operating division of MidCentral District Health Board.
Phone us on 0800 17 19 81
