County Executive Committee Approves Rebranding Of County Health Department
Updated on: Aug 05, 2021
The County Executive Committee in a meeting chaired by H.E. Governor Ndiritu Muriithi on 4th August, 2021 approved the rebranding of the county Health Department to Laikipia Health Service (LHS) to reflect the spirit, vision and mission.
This is a model built on uniformity of service delivery across all the countys 84 facilities to reflect one name, one service, one process, one cost centre, one spirit and one brand.
It is geared towards improving service delivery experiences for clients across the LHS group of outlets through staff re-orientation, re-training and re branding.
LHS will focus more on preventive and promotive health, technology based service delivery and smart work environment for better productivity.
All the 84 LHS outlets will within one year be accredited to NHIF among other health insurers. LHS outlets will share essential health workers to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery and supervision.
Refurbishment, renovation and branding of all the 84 outlets has started. Twenty-two (22) LHS outlets will be operational on 24 hour basis, 7 days a week and 365 days an year, while 62 outlets will be operational on 8 hours basis, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
All Level 2 outlets will serve as refill centres for specialized health care services, they will stock drugs for management of Diabetes, Hypertension and arthritis.
Medical officers from level 4, Clinical Officers from Level 3 LHS outlets will be visiting the Level 2 LHS outlets on a monthly basis for patient monitoring. Cluster lead outlets will provide the requisite human resources for this reverse referrals.
LHS Nanyuki and Nyahururu will provide specialists to level 4 outlets on a monthly basis for reviews of clients requiring specialist clinics and reviews. Elective surgical, obstetric and gynecological and other specialized procedures will be carried through this system in both LHS Level 4 and 5 outlets.
This is a model built on uniformity of service delivery across all the countys 84 facilities to reflect one name, one service, one process, one cost centre, one spirit and one brand.
It is geared towards improving service delivery experiences for clients across the LHS group of outlets through staff re-orientation, re-training and re branding.
LHS will focus more on preventive and promotive health, technology based service delivery and smart work environment for better productivity.
All the 84 LHS outlets will within one year be accredited to NHIF among other health insurers. LHS outlets will share essential health workers to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery and supervision.
Refurbishment, renovation and branding of all the 84 outlets has started. Twenty-two (22) LHS outlets will be operational on 24 hour basis, 7 days a week and 365 days an year, while 62 outlets will be operational on 8 hours basis, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.
All Level 2 outlets will serve as refill centres for specialized health care services, they will stock drugs for management of Diabetes, Hypertension and arthritis.
Medical officers from level 4, Clinical Officers from Level 3 LHS outlets will be visiting the Level 2 LHS outlets on a monthly basis for patient monitoring. Cluster lead outlets will provide the requisite human resources for this reverse referrals.
LHS Nanyuki and Nyahururu will provide specialists to level 4 outlets on a monthly basis for reviews of clients requiring specialist clinics and reviews. Elective surgical, obstetric and gynecological and other specialized procedures will be carried through this system in both LHS Level 4 and 5 outlets.
