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  • Foreword and acknowledgements

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    Foreword Much of the surveillance of communicable disease in New Zealand is underpinned by the legal requirement – under the Health Act 1956 and Tuberculosis Act 1948 – for medical practitioners, and laboratories that handle human specimens, to notify named diseases. The primary purpose of this notification system is to prompt public health action to manage the case and reduce risk. The Communicable Disease Control Manual aims to assist this objective; specifically, it seeks to inform and assist those at the frontline of public health action, namely the medical officers of health, health p

  • Position statements

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    Addressing the harms of population breast screening The position statement on addressing the harms of population breast screening was developed for health professionals in primary care to contribute to conversations with women about breast screening. This document examines the recent major reviews of breast screening, and discusses known harms. The National Health Committee (NHC) has independently reviewed this position statement. Their view is that the NSU’s position statement offers a balanced assessment of the harms of breast screening and may help clarify the large amount of sometim

  • Pharmaceutical co-payment

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    Prescription co-payments From 1 July 2024 prescriptions from approved providers may attract a maximum $5 prescription co-payment per item. Approved providers are: Public hospitals Midwives (with a Section 94 Notice) Family Planning Clinics General Practices (as long as they are part of a PHO). After Hours Accident and Medical Services (as long as they have a Health New Zealand or a PHO contract) During normal business hours (ie, not after hours) general practitioners where the person is not enrolled (ie, ‘casual’ visits) are approved if the person is an eligible person and the general prac

  • Establishing a Violence Intervention Programme (VIP)

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    ... are intended to support staff practice. A policy should define the broad areas it covers, for example, generic family violence policy or separate policies for child abuse, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse and neglect. A policy needs to align with National Guidelines, professional standards and legislative requirements (eg, Vulnerable Children Act 2014). The policy must meet the needs of the services it relates to. The steering/reference group process must manage collaboration, consultation and completeness, including community agency collaboration and participation, which includ ...

  • Privacy statement

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    ...  it is an offence under section 212(2)(c) of the Privacy Act 2020 to falsely pretend to be an individual or falsely claim to be acting under their authority to obtain access to that individual’s personal information   comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant standards, and our policies, including this Privacy statement   enable us to prepare reports of statistical information about how services are used (you will not be identified in the reports produced) so that we can monitor and improve the performance of My Health Account and monitor interactions w ...

  • Colour vision deficiency tests

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    About colour blindness Colour vision deficiency is more often known as colour blindness. Its most common features are the loss or limited function of red or green photopigments – yellow and green appear redder and it can be difficult to tell violet from blue. Very rarely a person may have complete colour blindness and see the world in black, white and grey. Children are born with colour vision deficiency. It’s not something they can catch or develop after birth. Colour vision deficiency affects about 10% of the approximately 26,000 boys who are screened as part of standard Year 7 chec

  • Guidelines, updates and practice reminders

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    Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme: Guidelines for Health Practitioners These guidelines are for all practitioners involved in aspects of the Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme (NMSP), including Lead Maternity Carers (LMCs), hospital midwives, nurses and phlebotomists. Updated Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme: Guidelines for Health Practitioners The Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme: Guidelines for Health Practitioners have been updated. The content of the guidelines has been updated for accuracy, format, presentation, and relevance. These guidelines provide health practitioners

  • Credentialling

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    ... guide [PDF, 145 KB] Evidence of continuing professional education Evidence of continuing professional education Credentialling final assessment summary document to be used by assessors Credentialling final assessment summary document to be used by assessors This document illustrates all the standards you will be assessed against, and what the assessors will be looking for. Credentialling final assessment summary document [PDF, 462 KB] If you have any questions or would like clarification of any part of the process, please email meshcredentialling@cdhb.health.nz and someone will be in touch ...

  • Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme FAQs

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    Expand all 1. When should the blood spot sample be taken? 1. When should the blood spot sample be taken? The blood spot sample must be taken when baby is 24 hours old or as soon as possible after this before they are 72 hours old. 2. Why should it be taken at 24 hours of age or as soon as possible after this? 2. Why should it be taken at 24 hours of age or as soon as possible after this? When a baby is in utero, they are nourished by the placenta. Many disorders do not show abnormal biochemical levels at birth because the placenta eliminated those chemicals as the baby’s system pro

  • Health Sector Architects Group publications

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    Health Information Exchange: Trial implementation options In 2012, the National Health IT Board sponsored an investigation by healthAlliance into practical opportunities for introducing the new interoperability architecture. The project report identifies a number of such options for improving information sharing in northern district health boards. Health Information Exchange: Trial implementation options (pdf, 2 MB) [PDF, 2 MB] Reference Architecture for Interoperability Foundations The first part of the Reference Architecture for Interoperability is primarily about document-orientated interfa