District health board mental health and addictions services: Serious adverse events reported to the Health Quality & Safety Commission 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013 In 2011, the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) made a decision to separate district health board (DHB) mental health and addictions services serious adverse…
Review of the delivery of problem gambling services to prison inmates Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013 Research indicates that there exists high prevalence rates of problem gambling behaviour among prisoners in New Zealand regardless of gender (Sullivan, Brown and Skinner,2002; Abbot and…
Medical Oncology National Implementation Plan 2013/14 Last Publication Date: 28 Aug 2013 The Medical Oncology Implementation Plan 2013/14 comprises three work programmes: service configuration, workforce and service quality. The plan outlines activities for the 2013/14 financial year. While…
Injury-related Health Loss Last Publication Date: 08 Aug 2013 Injury-related Health Loss is a joint report from the Ministry of Health and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). The report presents the injury-related findings from the…
Ways and Means: A report on methodology from the New Zealand Burden of Disease, Injury and Risk Study, 2006 - 2016 Last Publication Date: 08 Aug 2013 The New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study 2006-2016 (NZBD) is a systematic analysis of health loss by cause for New Zealanders of…
Success Factors and Barriers in School Provision for International Students Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 In 2012, 14 percent of primary and intermediate schools and 62 percent of secondary and composite schools enrolled international students. Enrolments in 2012 were 15, 645,…
Child immunisation: Reports by parents and caregivers: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 The Ministry of Health recommends and subsidises a number of vaccinations to immunise New Zealand children against communicable diseases such as tetanus, polio, and measles (Ministry…
Registered Nurse Prescribing in Diabetes Care: 2012 Managed National Roll Out Last Publication Date: 13 Jun 2013 This report is an evaluation of a demonstration site coordinated by Health Workforce New Zealand. A diabetes nurse (DN) operates with a high degree of expertise…
Final evaluation report for Primary Care Practice Assistant Demonstration Programme Last Publication Date: 11 Jun 2013 This report is an evaluation of a demonstration site coordinated by Health Workforce New Zealand. A primary care practice assistant is a new type of health…
The Distribution of Household Crowding in New Zealand: An analysis based on 1991 to 2006 Census data Last Publication Date: 07 Jun 2013 The Distribution of Household Crowding in New Zealand: An analysis based on the 1991 to 2006 Census data looks at the distribution of exposure to household…