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• Long COVID Expert Advisory Group

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  The Long COVID Expert Advisory Group was established in May 2022 and completed its work in November 2022. They assessed the evidence on long COVID to see how it related to Aotearoa New Zealand, and to help develop recommendations for clinical practice and guidelines.   You can read the guidelines that were produced at the Ministry of Health Website (external link) Membership Dr Martin Chadwick (Chair)   - Chief Allied Health Professions Officer within the Ministry of Health. Dr Donna Cormack   (Kāti Mamoe, Kai Tahu) – Senior Researcher, Department of Public Health University ...

• Summary of the IBT Settlement

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  In-Between Travel Settlement The In-Between Travel Settlement (IBT) sets out how employees will be compensated for travel spent between seeing clients. The legislation sets out the detail needed to put that into effect – including the mileage rate, qualifying distance, qualifying time and maximum travel distance. It is for Home and Community Support workers who provide services: funded by Health NZ (previously the Ministry of Health or a DHB) that are carried out in a client's home to help them continue to live in their own home funded by ACC to support a client's rehabilitation from an inju ...

• About the Cyber Hub

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  What is cyber security? The prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of health data, personal data, information, and communications systems to ensure its confidentiality, availability, integrity, and nonrepudiation. Confidentiality means that only people who have the right to see the information can see it. It protects personal privacy and proprietary information. Integrity means protecting information from being changed or damaged in a way that isn't right. Making sure that information can't be disputed and that it is accurate. Data integrity is making sure that data is safe wh ...

• Vaccine code combinations

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  ... combinations The vaccine code combination is made up of 3 parts: 1. Vaccine code (identifies the vaccine given) 2. Indication (reason the vaccine was administered) 3. Sequence (the dose number of the vaccine being given). The table below shows the only valid vaccine code combinations possible for claiming through Sector Operations. The sequence should be between 1 and 99 unless stated otherwise. Age rules may also apply for specific vaccines. If you do not see these valid vaccine code combinations on your screen, contact your PMS vendor for help choosing the correct option. Vaccine code c ...

• Shared care plan standards

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  Summary HISO is working with the Collaborative Aotearoa (external link) (formerly Health Care Home Collaborative)   to develop and lead the adoption of common standards for interoperable shared care plans. The New Zealand Collaborative Aotearoa members are DHBs and PHOs covering over half the enrolled patient population of New Zealand. The Collaborative supports these DHBs and PHOs to implement the   health care home model of care (external link) . The requirements around interoperable shared care plans are to be able to: develop shared care plans collaboratively with the patient, in ...

• Visiting a dentist

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  A range of basic preventive, treatment and specialist dental services are available to eligible children and adolescents up until 18th birthday. A limited range of services for some adults is publicly funded. The main publicly funded services are outlined below. Eligibility Direction You must meet one of the criteria in the Eligibility Direction to be considered for these publicly funded services. If you are not eligible, you are liable to be charged for the full costs of any medical treatment or disability support service you receive. To see whether you meet the specified eligibility criteria ...

• Health of older people organisations and websites

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  ... links Aged Care Commissioner (goes to another website) The creation of a dedicated Aged Care Commissioner is an excellent opportunity to elevate HDC’s work to protect the rights of people receiving aged care services. Age Concern NZ (goes to another website) An independent, charitable, not-for-profit organisation working to promote the rights, quality of life and well-being of older people around New Zealand. Australian Department of Health and Ageing (goes to another website) Information on better health and active ageing, including Guidelines for Medication Management in Residential ...

• Tuberculosis

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  ... Due to a number of manufacturing issues which have affected global vaccine supplies, BCG vaccine was not available in New Zealand between 2016 and mid 2018. The vaccine is now available from public health community BCG vaccination clinics and in-hospital vaccinations. For more information see  BCG vaccine and vaccinator endorsement . For more information on TB, including symptoms and immunisation, go to the Health Information and Services website: Tuberculosis (external link) Latent tuberculosis infection (external link) TB vaccine (external link) Epidemiolog ...

• Planning for an assisted death

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  Planning and decisions If the person is eligible for assisted dying, there are several decisions to make, including decisions about their medical care and what matters to the person and their whānau at the end of life. The attending medical or nurse practitioner will provide advice and support.  The attending medical or nurse practitioner will encourage the person to talk to their whānau about their plans and decisions. This planning will likely take place across several conversations, and the person and their whānau can ask questions or for more information if needed. Agreeing on the ...

• Screening eligibility and funding

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  Who should be screened? People should be encouraged to participate in the NCSP if they are a wāhine/woman, or a person with a cervix, aged 25 – 69 who:    has ever had intimate skin-to-skin contact or any sexual activity (even if they haven’t been sexually active for a long time)    Has only had non-penetrative sex (i.e. oral sex, sharing sex toys)    Is straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer   Is transgender, gender diverse, or non-binary, and has a cervix    Has only been with one sexual partner   Has had the HPV vaccination or not&n ...