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  • Vascular surgery

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/hospital-and-specialist-services/vascular-surgery

    ... not necessarily prescriptive e.g., an elderly patient with severe ischemic heart disease and claudication may have a different priority from a postman with similar symptoms.  Simple skin cancers are not considered “urgent” malignancies. Varicose veins if meet primary care management guidelines The waiting time criteria are to be seen as a guide to maximum wait. If patients cannot be seen within time, then the referrer will be notified by administrative staff.

  • Appendix 3: Patient information

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/communicable-disease-control-manual/appendix-3-patient-information

    ... or concerns about taking the medicine. Although pharmaceutical companies are responsible for producing CMIs, in New Zealand there are no legal requirements for them to provide consumer information. The CMIs offered on the Medsafe website have been written by pharmaceutical companies, using guidelines set by Medsafe. MedlinePlus (external link) MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and other United States government agencies and health-related organisations. Pre-formulated MEDLINE searches are included ...

  • New Zealand Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/diseases-and-conditions/antimicrobial-resistance/new-zealand-antimicrobial-resistance-action-plan

    ... Support national priorities for research on antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial consumption and stewardship in human health, animal health and agriculture. Objective 3: Infection prevention and control Objective 3: Infection prevention and control Develop and update national guidelines and standards for IPC to achieve a nationally consistent approach, and enhance accreditation and quality assurance programmes so that more practitioners follow best-practice IPC measures across human health, animal health and agriculture. Promote a cohesive and sustainable ‘one team’ appro ...

  • Mortality Collection

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/data-and-statistics/nz-health-statistics/national-collections-and-surveys/collections/mortality-collection

    ... of mortality statistics. Content Content The Mortality Collection classifies the underlying cause of death for all deaths registered in New Zealand and all registered fetal deaths (stillbirths). New Zealand is currently using the ICD-10-AM classification and the WHO ICD-10 Rules and Guidelines for Mortality Coding. Fetal and infant data is a subset of the mortality collection. Extra variables such as gestation and birth weight are collected for these records. Using the collection Expand all Start date Start date Deaths registered in New Zealand from 1988 onwards are held in the Mort ...

  • Mental Health Infrastructure Programme

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/infrastructure-and-investment/mental-health-infrastructure-programme

    ... two new buildings at Hillmorton Hospital. These house the specialist mental health services formerly located at the Princess Margaret Hospital (the new facilities feature in the video at the top of this page). The Programme bases its designs on the best-practice Australasian Health Facility Guidelines. The overarching design principles specific to Aotearoa New Zealand are contained in the Design Guidance Note, which supplements the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines, and which includes kaupapa Māori design features such as ātea, wharenui and wharekai ― to enable manākitanga, pōwh ...

  • Family violence questions and answers

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/family-violence-and-sexual-violence/family-violence-questions-and-answers

    ... Death Review Committee 2014). See Appendix J, Excerpts from relevant legislation in the   Family Violence Assessment and Intervention Guideline: Child abuse and intimate partner violence (external link) . What intervention is offered for elder abuse?   Family Violence Intervention Guidelines: Elder abuse and neglect (external link)   is available to download or you can order hard copies. If elder abuse is suspected, the person should be assessed and referred to the appropriate services. For additional information contact your local   Age Concern (external link)   gr ...

  • Women's health

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/hospital-and-specialist-services/womens-health

    ... primarily on the referral diagnosis have their limitations and this is acknowledged. For those referrals in which the referring doctor has not been able to make a confident diagnosis it may be difficult, or impossible, to apply these ACA criteria. It is therefore stressed that these are guidelines only and that clinical judgement must be applied in all cases in which they are used. Access criteria Access criteria Category Criteria   1. Immediate (within 14 days) High suspicion of cancer, as per April 2016 FCT data definitions Miscarriage Severe functional disturbance 2. Urgent (wit ...

  • Expert Advisory Group for the National Breastfeeding Strategy

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/specific-life-stage-health-information/maternal-health/breastfeeding/national-breastfeeding-strategy/background/expert-advisory-group-for-the-national-breastfeeding-strategy

    ...   tamariki ; General Manager Women’s Health Action; Consumer Member of the National Maternity Monitoring Group; Member of Northern Breastfeeding Network; Co-Chair National Breastfeeding Networking Group; Member of Maternal and Child Health Service Alliance; National Induction of Labour Guidelines Group Consumer Advisor, ON TRACK Research Prioritisation Project Ranking Group; CertPubHlth Janine Pinkham La Leche League New Zealand (LLLNZ) National Coordinator; BFHI Assessor;   Waitaha   Primary Health Peer Support Administrator Jesse Solomon Portfolio Manager Women’s, Child a ...

  • Health record standards

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/data-and-digital-standards/approved-standards/health-record-standards

    ... list of COVID-19 symptoms, refer to the Ministry’s Clinical criteria for COVID-19. The creation of a SNOMED CT New Zealand Reference set for COVID-19 symptoms is under development. This will be released in the SNOMED CT New Zealand Edition in April 2022. Case definition and clinical testing guidelines for COVID-19 Guidance for health professionals to identify and test those individuals who may have COVID-19. - Read more Emergency Care Emergency Care HISO 10048 Emergency Care Data Standard Health New Zealand has set standards for improved recording of emergency department visits. For every e ...

  • Updates from the Mental Health and Addiction directorate

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/mental-health-and-addiction/updates-from-the-mental-health-and-addiction-directorate

    Updates 26 June 2023:  Update on progress towards implementing a mental wellbeing approach (external link) 28 April 2023:  New guidance for mental health and addiction system and services 14 April 2023:  Guidelines for reducing and eliminating seclusion and restraint under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (external link) 5 April 2023:  Mental health and wellbeing needs of children and young people involved with Oranga Tamariki (external link) 6 March 2023:   Work to transform the approach to wellbeing in Aotearoa (external link) 30 Janua ...