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July

28 Jul: Report on the consultation period for the proposal to expand the functions of PHARMAC
This report from Dr David Sage, former Chief Medical Officer for Auckland District Health Board, to the Minister of Health provides the outcomes of a period of consultation with the health sector on a proposal for PHARMAC to have a greater role in the assessment, prioritisation and procurement of hospital medicines and a limited range of medical devices.

28 Jul: Conflict of Interest Guidelines for District Health Boards
Guidelines developed to assist District Health Board members and office holders in managing conflicts of interest.

20 Jul: Diabetes Retinal Screening Interactive CD for Health Professionals
This interactive CD for health professionals supports the substantial evidence on the benefits of eye screening as part of retinopathy prevention, with diabetic retinopathy a significant complication of diabetes.

14 Jul: DHB Hospital Benchmark Information Report: January - March 2010
The benchmarking report is intended as a mechanism to allow DHBs to see how they rate compared to each other and to use as a prompt for learning from higher performing DHBs.

7 Jul: Independent review of the policy of some DHBs to not pay for laboratory tests referred by private specialists
The objective of the review was to provide a report analysing the costs and benefits of the policy and its impact on patients both public and private, the health sector and the wider population.

5 Jul: 2010 District Health Boards: Information for Candidates.
Provides information for anyone interested in standing to be a board member in the 2010 District Health Board elections.

1 Jul: Credentialling Framework for New Zealand Health Professionals
This updated framework details the credentialling process for medical practitioners and health professionals in all New Zealand health and disability services, both public and private.

1 Jul: Cancer: New Registrations and Deaths 2007
This annual statistical publication collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.

June

30 Jun: Invitation to comment on draft documents for Advance Care Planning
The Ministry of Health and Hospice New Zealand have developed two draft documents for Advance Care Planning in New Zealand.

30 Jun: Hospital-based Maternity Events 2006
This publication provides information on the numbers of women who have gave birth in hospital; and the number of liveborn babies that were born either in hospital or born prior to their mother's admission to hospital (usually following birth outside hospital) in the 2006 calendar year.

24 Jun: Close-contact infectious diseases in New Zealand: Trends in ethnic inequalities in hospitalisations, 1989 to 2008
This report describes the epidemiology of infectious diseases and close-contact infectious diseases (CCIDs) for the 20-year period from 1989 to 2008, with a specific focus on ethnic inequalities, with a focus on Māori.

15 Jun: Tatau Kahukura: Māori Health Chart Book 2010, 2nd Edition
The chart book presents key indicators relating to the socioeconomic determinants of health, risk and protective factors for health, health status, health service utilisation, and the health system.

4 Jun: Seroprevalence of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in New Zealand
The Ministry commissioned study, conducted by ESR, estimates that 1.26 million or 29% of New Zealanders were immune to the pandemic influenza virus by March this year.

3 Jun: Review of pharmacy recalls
The Minister of Health has announced a review of pharmacy recalls that will be completed within a month.

3 Jun: Methodology Report for the 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey
The 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey (NZADUS) measured self-reported alcohol, illicit and other drug use for recreational purposes.

May

27 May: Health Expenditure Trends in New Zealand 1997 - 2007

20 May: Health Targets 2009/10 - Quarter three report
An overview of the performance of DHBs in each target area for quarter 3

13 May: Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm: Three-year service plan 2010/11–2012/13
The three-year service plan sets out the funding for problem gambling services over the 2010/11–2012/13 period. These services comprise primary (public health), secondary and tertiary prevention (intervention) services, including research, evaluation and workforce development.

13 May: Preventing and Minimising Gambling Harm: Six-year strategic plan 2010/11–2015/16
The six-year strategic plan provides a high-level framework to guide the structure, delivery and direction of Ministry-funded problem gambling services and activities. It also outlines strategic alliances with other key stakeholders and organisations with an interest in preventing and minimising gambling harm.

12 May: Issuing Permissions for Vertebrate Toxic Agents (VTAs): Guidelines for Public Health Units
These guidelines will assist officers in: assessing the hazard and risk posed by a proposed VTA operation, applying the appropriate Model Permit Conditions, modifying the Model Permit Conditions in response to the specific risk profile of each VTA operation. The guidelines will also help officers to appropriately communicate the risks of these operations to affected parties.

April

30 Apr: New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan: A framework for action
Sets out the all of government measures to be taken to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic.

30 Apr: Cancer New Registrations and Deaths 2006
This annual statistical publication collates and analyses data on primary malignant tumour cases diagnosed in New Zealand, as reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry.

29 Apr: Tuberculosis Case Management in Prisoners: Joint Protocol for Corrections Facilities and TB Treatment Supervising Services (Regional Public Health Services and/or Clinical TB Services) in New Zealand
This publication provides general information about TB, as well as more specific guidance on the practical aspects of TB case management of prisoners in corrections facilities.

23 Apr: Customary Tattooing Guidelines for Operators (English)
Ta'iala mo Tufuga Tā Tatau a Sāmoa (Samoan)
These guidelines address measures to improve the safety of customary tattooing and are of relevance to tattooists, public health units and Medical Officers of Health.

14 Apr: Guidance for Improving Supportive Care for Adults with Cancer in New Zealand
The Supportive Care Guidance document provides clear objectives, and suggests best-practice service approaches that will help to ensure that adults with cancer, their families and whānau have access to the supportive care they need throughout the various stages of cancer, from diagnosis onwards.

9 Apr: Actioning Medicines New Zealand
Action plan for Medicines New Zealand – the New Zealand medicines strategy. It is not an exhaustive list of actions, but rather shows what can and will be done to deliver Medicines New Zealand outcomes.