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  • About screening

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/screening/about-screening

    What is screening? Most people take part in screening in order to be reassured they are healthy, rather than with the expectation they are not. However, screening does not give you a diagnosis. It does not tell you whether you do have the condition. Instead, screening sorts people into two groups: people who have an increased chance of having the condition (positive screening result) and people who do not have an increased chance of having the condition (negative screening result).   People with a positive screening result will be offered a diagnostic test, which will give more informatio

  • About My Health Account Workforce

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    What is My Health Account Workforce? My Health Account Workforce is Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand’s new health workforce digital identity service. The service securely connects Aotearoa New Zealand’s health workforce to digital health services from anywhere.   Digital identity is how you can prove who you are online in a safe, secure, and easily accessible way. Having a My Health Account Workforce means that as a member of our health workforce, your information related to your health workforce identity is kept completely separate to your digital health identity as a health consu

  • First-trimester ultrasound

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    These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated. Routine ultrasound should not be offered or requested simply to confirm an ongoing early pregnancy in the absence of any clinical concerns, symptoms or specific indications. The first ultrasound of the pregnancy should ideally be offered when the gestational age is thought to be between   12 and 13+6 weeks   gestation for optimal assessment of fetal anatomy and nuchal translucency (NT). The purpose of the scan is to confirm viability, accurately establish gestational age, det

  • Disability community residential care providers

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    This guidance covers both community residential services and (RIDSAS).  Hospital level services under the High and Complex Framework will be guided by the broader rules of the hospital care system. Balancing equity and safety As providers, the safety and wellbeing of your staff and residents are paramount.  Providers must manage the complexity of balancing the need for residents to connect with their whānau and communities to receive care and limit the risk of COVID-19 transmission for staff and residents.   Some disabled people may have underlying health conditions that make t

  • Sexual and reproductive health

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    What’s being done to improve sexual and reproductive health The Government funds a broad range of sexual and reproductive health services, programmes and initiatives. Services are delivered through general practice, hospitals, pharmacies and other community-based service providers such as Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa (external link) (previously called New Zealand Family Planning), laboratories, specialist fertility services, and health promotion providers. Schools and other government agencies also undertake work in this area. Sexual and reproductive health covers a broad range of topics and is

  • Measles information for healthcare providers in hospital and healthcare settings

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/diseases-and-conditions/measles/measles-healthcare-providers-healthcare-settings

    For primary care settings, refer to Community HealthPathways . Community HealthPathways (external link) About measles Measles is a serious and highly infectious vaccine-preventable viral illness. One person with measles can infect up to 18 susceptible (non-immune) individuals. Complications from measles are common. In the 2019/2020 Aotearoa New Zealand measles outbreak, 1 in 3 cases required admission to hospital, with higher admission rates for children under 5 years, and Māori and Pacific peoples. Recovered cases experience immune amnesia and are at risk of developing other infectious illne

  • Mortality data web tool

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/data-and-statistics/mortality/data-web-tool

    Pātiki and Waharua Kōpito patterns Link to the Mortality data web tool The data presented in this tool can be explored by year, ethnicity, sex, district of residence, age group, and underlying cause of death. View the mortality data web tool (goes to another website) About the mortality data web tool The mortality data web tool presents information about cause of death, and demographic information about the deceased, for deaths registered in New Zealand. The web tool enables you to explore trends over time using interactive graphs and tables. Filtered results, data dictionaries and full data

  • Maternity claims

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    Primary Maternity Services Notice 2021 The Primary Maternity Services Notice 2021 (the 2021 Notice) sets out the service specifications and payment rules for remuneration of those practitioners with an authorisation to claim for the provision of community-based primary maternity services. In 2021, the previous Primary Maternity Services Notice (the 2007 Notice), was updated so it could better deliver funding allocated in Budget 2020 for additional primary maternity care to women with complex needs, and to women living in rural areas. The changes came into effect when the 2021 Notice was implem

  • Tuberculosis

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    ... Health 2019). Disinfection Disinfection Clean and disinfect surfaces and articles soiled with sputum or other contaminated bodily fluids. For further details, refer to Appendix 1: Disinfection . Recommendations for cleaning, disinfecting and sterilising equipment are contained in the following standards: SNZ HB 8149:2001 Microbiological Surveillance of Flexible Hollow Endoscopes AS/NZS 4815:2006 Office-based Health Care Facilities. Reprocessing of reusable medical and surgical instruments and maintenance of the associated environment AS/NZS 4187:2003 Cleaning, Disinfecting and Sterilising Reu ...

  • Iwi Māori Partnership Boards (IMPBs)

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    ... IMPB Health Profiles Volumes 1 and 2 The IMPB Health Profiles Volume One and Two provide each IMPB with the most up to date snapshot of Māori health data specific to each of the 15 IMPBs. The data in these profiles build on the legacy of Māori-led health data from the Hauora: Māori Standards of Health series to Tatau Kahukura and the 2015 DHB Māori Health Profiles.   Download: Ātiawa Toa Health Profile - Volume 1 - PDF, 5.2 MB Download - PDF, 5.2 MB Download: Ātiawa Toa Health Profile - Volume 2 - PDF, 4.9 MB Download - PDF, 4.9 MB Download: Ngaa Pou Hauora oo Taamaki Mak ...