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• Cervical screening training pathways

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  ... sample taker HPV screen takers A registered health practitioner such as a nurse practitioner, registered nurse, or enrolled nurse, who is not an accredited cervical sample taker and has completed the Cervical Screening Using Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing learning modules and is working in a formally documented professional partnership with a responsible clinician. For more information download the Competencies for Cervical Screening Training and Education 2023 (DOCX 3.1MB). [DOCX, 3.1 MB]   HPV screening kaimahi From 23 September 2024 eligible unregistered kaimahi and clinicians wo ...

• Medical Certificate of Causes of Fetal and Neonatal Death

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  When to use the certificate The Medical Certificate of Causes of Fetal and Neonatal Death form is for infants who die within 28 days of birth and stillbirths. The requirements for completion of certificates for stillborn children are set out in the   Burial and Cremation Act 1964 section 46A. The certificate records information about the mother, pregnancy and delivery, in addition to information about the birthweight, gestation and cause of death of the baby. Burial and Cremation Act 1964 - Section 46A (external link) Who completes the certificate A medical practitioner or nurse practitio ...

• Influenza

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  ... New Zealand. Immunisation provides the best protection against influenza. Immunisation provides the best protection against influenza and reduces the chance of serious illness and hospitalisation. About the flu vaccine (external link) Book a flu vaccine (external link) Pae Ora | Healthy Futures for all New Zealanders (external link) 2025 Influenza Immunisation Programme The Prevention Directorate within the National Public Health Service, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is responsible for implementing the Influenza Immunisation Programme . Pharmac are responsible for setting the eligibili ...

• Kete 8 (4 years before schools check)

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  ... Programme Practitioner Handbook (the Handbook) has been developed to assist and support all providers who deliver Well Child/Tamariki Ora (WCTO) services in accordance with the WCTO Schedule. WCTO practitioner handbook (external link) WCTO schedule WCTO schedule The Schedule outlines the 12 core visits delivered as part of the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Programme to protect and improve health outcomes for New Zealand children, from birth to 5 years. WCTO schedule (external link) B4 School Check resources B4 School Check resources Information about B4 school check (B4SC) resources Health and deve ...

• Updates on work with the maternity services sector

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  2025 updates Expand all April 2025 April 2025 Change in contact details for supplier of interpreter services (Connecting Now) Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora funds language interpreter services so Lead Maternity Carers who are funded under the Primary Maternity Service Notice 2021 (Section 94), can communicate with consumers and whānau. A supplier of language interpreting services for patients and whānau, Connecting Now, has notified Health NZ of new contact details. This notice  does not  apply to midwives or clinicians that work directly for Health NZ in public hospitals. Plea ...

• COVID-19: People with dementia at home

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  Living with dementia mate wareware at any time has it challenges. The requirements and changes that have resulted from the response to COVID-19 can add additional stress and pressure. This page provides information for family, whānau, carers and/or supporters of people with dementia mate wareware who are living at home on how to stay well when there is COVID-19 in the community. This information should be read alongside other information provided for carers that can be found on info.health.nz - COVID-19 (external link) . Families and whānau living with a person with dementia mate wareware Pr ...

• Maternity referrals — Auckland

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  Referral forms If you are not sure of the right email to send your referral to: email   centralreferrals@adhb.govt.nz Expand all Mental health and child protection forms Mental health and child protection forms Aronui Ora (Maternal Mental Health) referral  [DOCX, 39 KB] email this referral to  maternalmh@adhb.govt.nz Breastfeeding and lactation referrals Breastfeeding and lactation referrals (external link) Community Lactation Consultant Referral [PDF, 995 KB] [PDF, 995 KB] Frenotomy clinic criteria and assessment [PDF, 1.1 MB] [PDF, 1.1 MB] Northern Regional Fertility Services ...

• Breastfeeding support services I Ratonga tautoko whāngote

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  ... manner is well-established in research (Blixt et al 2019). Breastfeeding support services should be multidimensional, introduced at different points during the childbirth and postpartum journey, and offered by a range of providers, in different settings and using different modalities including online support innovations and culturally diverse services (Alberdi et al. 2017; Manhire et al. 2018; Bridges 2016) In Aotearoa New Zealand , whānau   can access breastfeeding support through community groups, private providers and DHBs, such as: postnatal care in maternity facilities Lead Matern ...

• NHI FAQs

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  Background information on the NHI Expand all What is the NHI? What is the NHI? New Zealand health professionals have been using a form of the National Health Index (NHI) number for more than 30 years. It is used in hospitals, by family doctors, pharmacies, laboratories and by midwives. Most people now receive their own unique NHI number at birth. About 95 percent of New Zealand citizens have their own unique NHI number.   The NHI is not your health record, it is simply a unique combination of letters and numbers which helps identify who you are. This number is used by authorised health wo ...

• Yellow Fever

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  ... South America. Infection with the yellow fever virus causes varying degrees of disease, from mild symptoms to severe illness with bleeding and jaundice. There are an estimated 200,000 cases of yellow fever worldwide each year. About 15% of people infected with yellow fever develop a more severe form of the illness, and of those, up to half will die. Survival rates are improved with supportive hospital care, however there is no specific cure for yellow fever. Travellers to areas considered “at risk” can help limit the spread of the disease to vulnerable local populations by ensuring they ...