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  • Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora aged residential care provider agreements

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    A person’s care is decided by an assessment of their needs, and there are four levels of aged residential care: rest home hospital secure dementia specialised (psychogeriatric) care. Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora contracts with aged residential care providers for delivery of services to older people. The two key agreements are the Age-Related Residential Care Agreement (ARRC) and the Aged Residential Hospital Specialised Services (ARHSS) Agreement. They're reviewed annually in collaboration with the aged residential care sector. Download: Age-Related Residential Care Services Agreement

  • Updates on work with the maternity services sector

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    ... claim as usual, if it is declined then email   maternitynotice2021@health.govt.nz   and provide the circumstances which disenabled them to attend the birth. The relevant clinical circumstances must be documented and made available to auditors on request.   Publication delay: Guidelines for Consultation with Obstetric and Related Medical Services (Referral Guidelines) Te Whatu Ora acknowledges a delay in the publication of the updated Guidelines for Consultation with Obstetric and Related Medical Services (Referral Guidelines) which were originally due to be released in 2022. ...

  • Clinical Education & Training Unit

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    ... Education & Training Unit (CETU) supports, develops and coordinates the clinical education of junior doctors at Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland Resident Medical Officers (RMO) clinical handbook This handbook is designed by and for RMOs to help them with decision-making. The guidelines try to introduce a standard approach across services for the treatment of common medical conditions.  Download the handbook [PDF, 14 MB] Contact us Clinical Education & Training Unit Level 15, Building 1 Auckland City Hospital 2 Park Road Grafton phone:  09 307 4949 ext 23209 ema ...

  • Updates to the Communicable Disease Control Manual

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    ... priority and additional information added for hospitalised close contacts. Exposure event management – new section Outbreaks – new section December 2024 Update to the   Pertussis chapter (external link)   in the following sections: Laboratory testing  Laboratory testing guidelines Case management  Contact management Updates to the  avian influenza chapter (external link) in the following sections: Epidemiology Spread of infection Infection prevention and control Case Management Isolation and restriction Treatment Contact management Antiviral prophylaxis Outbre ...

  • Healthy lifestyles support

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    ... speed of eating down, and really tasting and savouring the food noticing when you start to feel full and stop eating when you feel physically full drinking water instead of sweetened drinks eating more vegetables and fruit. For more ideas and examples, read the   Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand Adults (external link) . 4. Encourage development of a goal / plan for change. (See the following Template resources listed). 5. Offer help or support by asking open questions, such as: ‘How can I help you to make the changes to eat healthy food?’ ‘What is the hardest thi ...

  • Abortion services newsletter

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    Previous updates 17 August 2023 (external link) 7 March 2023 (external link) 22 August 2022 (external link) 28 June 2022 (external link) 27 April 2022 (external link) 25 February 2022 (external link) 8 December 2021 (external link) 15 October 2021 (external link) 27 August 2021 (external link) 12 July 2021 (external link) 24 May 2021 (external link)

  • Cronobacter species invasive disease

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    ... ready-to-feed liquid formula instead of powdered infant formula. Ready-to-feed liquid formula is sterilised in the bottle, which means there is no risk of infection for babies given this formula. If no alternative to powdered formula is available, then strict preparation and administration guidelines should be followed to minimise infection risk. Parents of premature babies should check with their neonatal unit staff. Reporting Expand all National reporting National reporting Ensure complete case information is entered into EpiSurv. (external link) If any cases occur, notify the national p ...

  • Telehealth and online tools

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    Telehealth Telehealth (external link)  has advice for general practitioners on how to hold remote consultations, and what to expect. This includes advice on security, technology and providers available in New Zealand. It also has consumer information and case studies. It is regularly updated as COVID-19 is better understood. Rules for electronic prescriptions to support virtual care in the community The Ministry of Health has new rules so you can easily provide electronic prescriptions for virtual care. These rules enable non-NZePS compliant systems and settings that are working towards N

  • Family and whānau mental health service specifications

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    Family and whānau Tier 2 Document link Status Purchase units Date of publication Family and Whānau Services [PDF, 294 KB] T2_MHA_FamilyAndWhānauServices_202409 Mandatory   September 2024 Tier 3 Document link Status Purchase units Date of publication Family and Whānau Advisory Services [PDF, 279 KB] T3_MHA_Family_and_Whanau_Advisory_Service_202411 Non-mandatory MHW67C, MHW67D, MHW67S November 2024 Support, Education, Information and Advocacy Services [PDF, 306 KB] T3_MHA_SupportEducationInformationAndAdvocacyService_202409 Non-mandatory MHW68C, MHW68D, MHW68S, MHIW68C, MHIW68D, MHIW68S

  • Youth forensic mental health service specifications

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    Youth forensic mental health service Tier 2 Document link Status Purchase units Date of publication Youth Forensic Services [PDF, 309 KB] T2_MHA_YouthForensicServices_202409 Mandatory   September 2024 Tier 3 Document link Status Purchase units Date of publication Youth Forensic Inpatient Services [PDF, 302 KB] T3_MHA_YouthForensicInpatientServices_202409 Non-mandatory MHIY88 September 2024 Youth Forensic Services Specialist Community Service [PDF, 308 KB] T3_MHA_YouthForensicServicesSpecialistCommunityService_202409 Non-mandatory MHIY87A, MHIY87B, MHIY87C, MHIY87D, MHI87E, MHIY87S Septemb