Trained nurse and midwife Mark Leggett has been appointed general manager of the South Island Alliance – a collaboration between the south’s five district health boards.
The alliance’s achievements include the roll-out of electronic referrals across the region, the development of a single South Island-wide patient management system and the alignment of clinical practice through using Health Pathways and Lippincott clinical procedures. Later this year the alliance is to see all five DHBs sharing clinical information across primary and secondary care.
Legget was general manager of general manager of medical and surgical Services for Canterbury DHB from 2006 to 2009, and Vice President International Services for HHL Group (Healthcare New Zealand) from 2009 to 2016.
