Gap Analysis of Specialist Palliative Care in New Zealand: Providing a national overview of hospice and hospital-based services Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2010 The purpose of the report was to determine how close hospice and hospital providers of specialist palliative care services were to meeting the new draft service…
Cancer patient survival covering the period 1994 to 2007 Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2010 This publication supersedes the Cancer patient survival covering the period 1994 to 2003 publication released by the Ministry of Health in 2006. The cancer registration data analysed…
Report of the South Island Neurosurgery Expert Panel Last Publication Date: 10 Nov 2010 This report presents to the Director-General of Health recommendations which ‘identify the development pathway that would best meet the requirement for a sustainable, high quality neurosurgical…
National Opioid Substitution Treatment Providers Training Programme Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2010 This publication is designed to be used in conjunction with training workshops provided by the New Zealand Association of Opioid Treatment Providers. Its purpose is to…
The Use of Coloured Filters and Lenses in the Management of Children with Reading Difficulties Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2010 This paper summarises the current literature on Irlen syndrome (Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome). It describes the evidential basis for this condition, and provides an analysis of the…
Interventions and Treatment for Problematic Use of Methamphetamine and other Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2010 These guidelines have been developed for use across a wide range of settings for those working with people adversely affected by methamphetamine use. It is a…
National quality improvement programme review: Incident Management Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 LECG was contracted by the Health Quality and Safety Commission to review the Incident Management and Reporting Programme – a workstream funded via the now disbanded…
Alcohol and Pregnancy: A practical guide for health professionals Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2010 The purpose of this resource is to prompt and support primary care health professionals to: ask women who are planning a pregnancy or are pregnant if they…
Analysing the performance of New Zealand universities in the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 This occasional paper examines the performance of New Zealand universities in the 2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). In particular, the…
How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2010 Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 Every year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publishes "Education at a Glance", a set of indicators that compares the education systems of its…