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  • National Telehealth Service

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    The service launched in November 2015 to bring together a number of health advice phone lines and to provide a clinical and technology platform for service integration and innovation in virtual digital health services. What is telehealth? Telehealth is the use of information and communication technologies to deliver health care when patients and care providers are not in the same physical location. For example, illnesses can be diagnosed and treatment provided via secure video conference. To be effective, telehealth relies on fast broadband internet services. Health care-related education, res

  • 11. Influenza

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    ... duration of immunity is likely in other groups, particularly the elderly.[ 43 ] Protection due to LAIVs has been demonstrated to persist beyond a year.[ 102 ,   103 ] 11.4.3. Transport, storage and handling 11.4.3. Transport, storage and handling Transport according to the National Standards for Vaccine Storage and Transportation for Immunisation Providers 2017 (2nd edition) . Store in the dark at +2°C to +8°C. Do not freeze. 11.4.4. Dosage and administration 11.4.4. Dosage and administration The funded quadrivalent influenza vaccine should be administered by intramuscular, or s ...

  • Legionellosis

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    Chapter reviewed and updated in August 2023. Updates to sections: Case definition Laboratory definitive evidence for a confirmed case requires.  A description of changes can be found at Updates to the Communicable Disease Control Manual . Epidemiology Expand all New Zealand Epidemiology New Zealand Epidemiology Legionella bacteria are ubiquitous in the New Zealand environment, particularly in soil and aquatic environments, making it difficult to prevent pathogens from entering engineered water reticulation systems. The disease is more common in older people, smokers, chronic disease suffe

  • Mental Health and Addiction National Clinical Network

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    ... communities. The Mental Health & Addiction National Clinical Network is focussed on addressing these inequities and improving the care and outcomes for all whānau with mental health and addiction challenges. We aim to: Facilitate the delivery of high-quality services through national standards and models of care Reduce health inequities by developing strategies which reduce the disparity in outcomes for those communities most harmed by mental health and addiction Empower whānau by ensuring their voices are heard and their needs are met Enhance mental health and addiction services t ...

  • Statements of need

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    About Statements of Need Statements of Need (SoNs),  are issued by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) to allow medical practitioners to obtain a J-1 visa to train in the United States of America. The SoN is one of many United States requirements which must be met before a J-1 visa can be obtained. These statements certify that: the training that the named practitioner is intending to undertake is in an area for which there is a need in Aotearoa New Zealand; and the practitioner has given an undertaking to the New Zealand government that they intend to return to Aotearoa New Zeala

  • GP2GP

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    About GP2GP GP2GP is a safe and secure means of transferring digital patient information between GP practices when patients change GPs. Expand all What is GP2GP? What is GP2GP? GP2GP is an approach to safe and secure electronic transfer of the full patient record between different practice management systems (PMS) when patients move between general practices. It was developed with the overarching goal to reduce any potential loss of clinical information when patients change general practice, along with the reducing administrative burden that existed before an electronic solution existed. GP2GP

  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

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    ... Actions Purpose FASD awareness and capability building training. Training Child Development Services (CDS) professionals based on New Zealand’s FASD diagnostic guidelines (external link) Development and delivery of a new training programme for NZQA-approved FASD micro-credential skill standards 40005 and 40006 which is relevant to the FASD and affiliated workforce Community FASD training specifically focused on a non-clinical workforce and community practitioners Growing FASD awareness and capability (including diagnosis) across a range of health and social service professionals and ...

  • Minimising gambling harm

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    Gambling-related harm is an ongoing health issue, with significant consequences for social and economic wellbeing. Gambling is a form of entertainment, but for many people and their whānau, it can become a problem. Negative effects on individuals and within communities can be widespread. Around 186,000 people in New Zealand are personally affected by gambling harm. Approximately 61,000 people are gambling with moderate or more serious levels of harm. This is equivalent to the population of Rotorua.  A further 125,000 people are likely to be experiencing at least some level of harm (and a

  • Trauma National Clinical Network

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    ... Indigenous Health and in systems to improve health outcomes for Māori. He is current co-chair of the Indigenous Health Committee at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine - the not-for-profit organisation responsible for training emergency physicians and advancement of professional standards in emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand.  His skillset spans advocacy, complex patient assessment, diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, result interpretation, collaborative care coordination and teaching.  Max’s ideal working environment is with a diverse group of health p ...

  • Children’s worker safety checking and child protection policies

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    ... who work with children for state-funded organisations to be safety checked started to be phased in. The regulations also apply to people doing unpaid work with children as part of an educational or vocational training course (eg, trainees or students).   The regulations set out clear standards to achieve more consistent, higher quality safety checking across the entire children’s workforce in New Zealand. When to do the safety checks These regulations have been phased in from 1 July 2015, with this phasing happening over four years for new and existing employees and contractors. T ...