Where Next for Primary Health Care Organisations in New Zealand? Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 This paper sets out a synthesis of five reports commissioned by District Health Boards New Zealand and the Ministry of Health as part of their ‘change…
New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008-2012 Report on Progress: Year One Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 The 'New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008-2012 Report on Progress: Year One' provides a snapshot of the key developments in the first year of implementing…
Evaluation of the Māori Provider Development Scheme Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 The purpose of the evaluation was to assess how effective the Māori Provider Development Scheme (MPDS) has been at building the capacity and capability of Māori…
Fetal and Infant Deaths 2005 Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 Annual statistical publication that collates and analyses information on the causes of fetal and infant deaths registered in New Zealand.
Suspected Cancer in Primary Care: Guidelines for investigation, referral and reducing ethnic disparities Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 The guideline aims to alert primary care practitioners to features that should raise their suspicion of cancer, so they can refer patients early for further investigation.The…
Evaluation of the Primary Mental Health Initiatives: Summary Report Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2009 The Report describes the evaluation of the first 26 of the Ministry of Health’s funded Primary Mental Health initiatives which was conducted between June 2005 and…
Environmental Health Indicators for New Zealand 2008 Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2009 The report focuses on air quality, water quality and border health protection and highlights environmental health trends and has been published annually since 2004. The 2008 report…
Foundations of Excellence: Building Infrastructure for Medical Education and Training Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2009 In September 2008 the Medical Training Board (MTB) released a series of documents on the medical workforce and on the need to achieve integration and coordination…
Intentional Self-harm Hospitalisations 2007 (provisional) Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2009 This release presents and summarises admissions to hospital for intentional self-harm during 2007, sourced from the New Zealand National Minimum Dataset. The data is provisional.
A review of how the training of the New Zealand health workforce is planned and funded: a proposal for a reconfiguration of the Clinical Training Agency Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 New Zealand has significant problems in recruiting, training and retaining adequate numbers of appropriate health and disability services workers. This is most likely to worsen.The planning…
