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• International Recruitment Centre

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  ... Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora's International Recruitment Centre offers a streamlined, candidate-centred service which incorporates a specialised Health Immigration Service. The aim of the Centre is to provide a service that will make a major life-changing decision as stress-free as possible for international health professionals moving to New Zealand to live and work. We want to live up to our reputation as a friendly and welcoming country and demonstrate a centre of excellence approach in our international recruitment practices. Our immediate goal is to attract and support the retentio ...

• Mumps

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  ... Disease Control Manual . Epidemiology Expand all New Zealand epidemiology New Zealand epidemiology The incidence of mumps in New Zealand has been stable in recent years. Mumps epidemics in New Zealand occurred in 1989 and 1994 while the most recent began in 2016 (mainly in Auckland region). Before the introduction of the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine in 1990, mumps epidemics occurred every 3–5 years. Detailed epidemiological information is available on the  Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) surveillance website (external link)  in the annual notif ...

• Canterbury consumer advisory groups

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  Expand all Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) The Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) was formed in July 2010 to provide an organised way for parents, guardians and wider whānau to provide input on issues that impact on the care of pēpi (babies), tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people). Our role The council provides a family perspective for Child Health Services on decisions being made, changes being developed or any other improvements that are seen as beneficial to child health. The council is made up of: 8 family/whānau members (at least 2 ...

• Workforce context

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  What’s changed in 2024? Since 2023, we have moved the dial for our health workforce in some areas – which has shaped our approach to this Plan: Much improved nursing staffing We have made huge progress to close gaps in our generalist nursing workforce due to many internationally-qualified nurses (IQNs) joining our workforce. While we still have need in some specialist nursing roles we do not have significant generalist nursing vacancies. This growth has been greater in our hospitals than in primary and community settings. In 2023: 26,505   nursing FTEs working for Health NZ, estimated ...

• Whakapakari Hunga Tautoko Project

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  ... project that aimed to address inequities in access to clinical and professional support infrastructure with the Central Region’s Tamariki Ora - Hauora Māori partners. Initiated in late 2020, the project has been led by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Te Matau a Māui, Hawke's Bay (formerly Hawke's Bay District Health Board) on behalf of the Central Region, Child & Youth Portfolio Managers in partnership with Central Region Tamariki Ora Kaimahi. The project has been supported by Health NZ District General Managers Māori, and Te Aka Whai Ora and Health NZ District Directors ...

• Code of Practice for the HPI

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  Why have a code of practice? A code of practice is a statement of principles and best practice. It provides for transparency in the operation of the Health Provider Index (HPI). It provides a set of rules and expectations that practitioners, organisations and the public will be able to see and use to hold the organisations using the HPI to account. It ensures that the HPI is used only for purposes that are consistent with the aims of improving outcomes for patients, while respecting legitimate privacy expectations of practitioners and others whose information is stored on the system. What is t ...

• Children’s worker safety checking and child protection policies

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  About the Children’s Act 2014 The Children’s Act 2014 (previously titled the Vulnerable Children Act 2014) introduced measures that will ensure that children can be better protected from abuse and neglect both in their homes and in the community. This advice is for the health and disability sector on requirements under the Act.   At 1 July 2019, it is a requirement in the Children’s Act 2014 for all existing, non-core children’s workers in the health workforce to have passed an appropriate check of their suitability to work with children (a worker safety check). This means any wor ...

• Rabies and other lyssaviruses

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  ... location and mammalian species. Some of these rabies-like illnesses will be diagnosed as rabies using the standard (FA) test. Currently only Rabies is listed in the notifiable infectious diseases schedule. Reporting of other lyssavirus infections by medical practitioners is recommended with informed patient consent. [2] (external link) New Zealand Epidemiology New Zealand Epidemiology New Zealand has long been rabies free. Rabies and other lyssaviruses are, however, widely distributed throughout the developed and developing world, including Asia and some parts of Oceania, and cases in New ...

• Mental Health and Addiction National Clinical Network

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  ... reduction in life expectancy of 25 years.  This harm is felt most acutely and inequitably in our Māori, Pacific, and low socio-economic communities. The Mental Health & Addiction National Clinical Network is focussed on addressing these inequities and improving the care and outcomes for all whānau with mental health and addiction challenges. We aim to: Facilitate the delivery of high-quality services through national standards and models of care Reduce health inequities by developing strategies which reduce the disparity in outcomes for those communities most harmed by mental h ...

• Tuberculosis

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  ... New Zealand Epidemiology Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important communicable disease in New Zealand. Incidence rates in recent years have been higher than those in Australia, the United States, and Canada, and slightly lower than the rate in the United Kingdom. More detailed epidemiological information is available on the  Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) surveillance website (external link) . Case definition Expand all Clinical description Clinical description A chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including M. tuberculosis o ...