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In September 2024, funding was annouced for a Child and Youth Mental Health Study. The information from this study will support more effective decisions and planning, including a needs-based ...
Criteria for patients to receive transitional access to newly funded cancer medicines when receiving treatment in private facilities.
Information about transitional access to publicly funded cancer medicines for patients receiving treatment in private facilities.
Te Wheke is a Māori health model that uses the wheke (octopus) to describe the elements of waiora (total wellbeing).
Active engagement with disabled people has strengthened as the Health and Disability Services Standards and Fertility Services Standard Review has progressed.
Rangatiratanga, as defined in He Korowai Oranga, recognises that Māori are both a legitimate and an essential part of decision-making in the health and disability sector. Te Apārangi: Māori ...
Te Apārangi: Māori Partnership Alliance (Te Apārangi) will use Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the framework for providing recommendations on work and future areas of work. To provide recommendations to the ...
The New Zealand Health Survey is a key tool for monitoring smoking and vaping among people aged 15 years and older. Questions on smoking have been included annually since 2011/12. Questions on vaping ...
This discussion document considers options for modernising New Zealand’s regulation of the health workforce. It supports public consultation on this topic.
The Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) sets the strategic direction and provides national-level priority actions for health-focused adaptation to climate change.
This position statement accompanies the release of an evidence brief which examines the safety and long-term impacts of puberty blockers when used in the context of gender-affirming care. This ...