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• New cancer registrations and deaths - series

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  The New Zealand Cancer Registry The   NZ Cancer Registry   has operated since 1948 and is a population-based tumour register of all primary malignant disease. (Basal and squamous cancers arising in the skin are not required to be reported, except for those of the genitalia.) The major sources of new registrations are copies of laboratory reports, post-discharge reports from publicly funded hospitals, death certificates and autopsy reports, and discharge reports from private hospitals. To access historical publications in this series please search the Ministry of Health’s   onl ...

• About the National Service Framework Library

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  Background The Nationwide Service Framework (NSF) is a knowledge base of standard documentation, business rules and guidelines used to enable planning, commissioning, delivery and analysis of publicly funded health services. The NSF content will develop to meet the needs of the reformed system.  It currently includes common documentation to enable effective planning, commissioning,  service delivery and performance analysis. nationwide service specifications the Purchase Unit Data Dictionary with its related financial information the Common Counting Standards and the Common Costing S ...

• WorkWell

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  ... Developed around the latest research the multi-level approach ensures all aspects of the workplace are considered. Accreditation provides the assurance that all the components of a successful workplace wellbeing programme are in place. Benefits of workplace wellbeing Workplace wellbeing is a win for all and we know that that a comprehensive wellbeing programme benefits staff, employers and the overall organisation. Learn more about the benefits of WorkWell - WorkWell (external link) About the WorkWell programme The award-winning WorkWell programme has supported workplaces across multiple ind ...

• Industrial action

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  ASMS senior doctors' 24-hour strike: Thursday 1 May, 12:01am to 11:59pm Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora senior doctors who are Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) union members plan to strike for 24 hours on Thursday 1 May. The strike will start just after midnight on Wednesday 30 April and finish just before midnight on Thursday 1 May. The strike will take place at all Health NZ hospitals and services where ASMS members are employed. Our hospitals and healthcare services will continue to provide acute and emergency care throughout the strike with the help of other clinic ...

• Accelerated silicosis assessment pathway

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  About accelerated silicosis assessment pathway Accelerated silicosis is a serious disease which may affect people who work with engineered stone. The Ministry of Health, ACC and Worksafe NZ have collaborated on developing an assessment pathway for accelerated silicosis. This will ensure a timely, consistent and comprehensive process to identify and assess people who are at risk of contracting accelerated silicosis. Assessment pathway This process has been jointly developed by expert clinicians actively engaged in diagnosis and clinical management of people at risk of the disease. It outli ...

• Residential care

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  To be eligible for public funding for residential care, a person must meet the eligibility criteria for the full range of public funded health and disability services, and be assessed as requiring residential care. To be eligible to receive publicly funded health and disability services, a person would need to: be a New Zealand citizen; OR be an Australian citizen or permanent resident who has been living or is intending to live in New Zealand for 2 years or more; OR hold a residence class visa (ie, residence permit, resident visa or permanent resident visa; OR be a refugee or protected person ...

• Appendix 6: Passive immunisation

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  A6.1. Introduction Passive immunisation involves administering pre-formed antibody as human immunoglobulin to a recipient who is thought to have either no natural immunity to one or more infections, or who has impaired antibody production. CSL Behring Australia is the primary manufacturer of immunoglobulin products for the New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS). These products are prepared by fractionating large pools of plasma collected from blood donors. The immunoglobulin products available in New Zealand are usually derived from voluntary, unpaid New Zealand donors who are in good health and wh ...

• Clinical Trials Unit

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  ... is the first to be located in a New Zealand public hospital, offering unprecedented access to the state-of-the-art facilities of a major regional institution, including: radiology intensive care library pharmacy services. The CTU has access to a wide range of clinical specialists and networks for single-centre and multi-centre clinical research trials. Researchers are able to continue medical studies overnight, allowing closer monitoring of participants for longer periods and significantly enhancing the potential scope for clinical trials. Why work with us? We have: experienced specialist ...

• Report fraud in the health sector

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  About the Health Integrity Line The Health Integrity Line -  0800 424 888  - is a free, anonymous 24/7 phone line for you to report fraud or any other activities you’re concerned about in the health system. Alternatively you can make a report on-line at Integrity Line NZ (external link) . This includes but is not limited to: dishonest or inappropriate use of public money by members of the public using health funding, or any allegation of fraud by medical professionals using health funding corrupt practices harassment or other unsafe work practices theft or other criminal behaviour ...

• Early pregnancy loss

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  ... about pregnancy loss (section 88 codes TA and EP, see  Appendix 1 ). Required clinical details   LMP Woman’s symptoms βhCG if available Previous relevant history Appropriate section 88 code Previous caesarean section. Early pregnancy loss ultrasound examination No guidelines exist for TA assessment of pregnancy loss, and therefore TV assessment should always be offered. The scan should include imaging of the following structures (if present). Sac location and size (MSD) Relationship of the sac to previous caesarean section scar (see   Appendix 2: Low gestational sac in th ...