Saving Lives: Amenable mortality in New Zealand, 1996-2006 Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 The report re-examines the concept of amenable mortality (deaths potentially avoidable through health care) as a health system performance measure.Trends in amenable mortality over the past…
Changes to the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 This document sets out the changes that are being made to the 2002 Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework (the Framework) following a major review.The document describes the…
Supporting Evidence for Changes to the Content of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2010 In 2007 as part of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Framework Review (the Review), the Ministry of Health developed this background paper setting out the evidence for…
Report on the consultation period for the proposal to expand the functions of PHARMAC Last Publication Date: 28 Jul 2010 This report from Dr David Sage, former Chief Medical Officer for Auckland District Health Board, to the Minister of Health provides the outcomes of a period…
Credentialling Framework for New Zealand Health Professionals Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 The Ministry of Health published the first national credentialling document in 2001. Its focus was on the credentialling of senior medical practitioners in secondary and tertiary…
Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2007 Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 This annual statistical publication collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.The NZ…
Nurse Prescribing in Diabetes Services: a discussion document Last Publication Date: 02 Jul 2010 Submissions are invited on proposed changes to enable suitably qualified nurses working in diabetes services to prescribe a limited range of medicines for people with diabetes.…
Health in Justice: Improving the health of prisoners and their families and whānau Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 The report outlines the nature and extent of prisoners' poor health, the contribution community health status makes to poor prisoner health and to imprisonment, the negative…
Sole parenting in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 The Ministry of Social Development led a cross-agency and cross-sector research programme that looked at changes in the rate of sole parenthood, sole parent employment and…
A special support service for former sawmill workers exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP) Last Publication Date: 23 Jun 2010 This publication was prepared on the request of the Ministry of Health by Allen and Clarke Policy and Regulatory Specialists Limited. Background information The Ministry of Health asked…
