The Minister for Mental Health has announced 5 mental health and addiction targets which provide clear expectations for health system performance. They are intended to improve outcomes for people with ...

The minimum quality standard is used to verify medicinal cannabis products which have been derived from the Cannabis plant. Medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standard and can ...

Health professionals providing contraception should be familiar with these guidelines and training for health professionals providing IUDs or sub dermal implants should comply with these standards.

In 2023 the Ministry of Health commissioned an independent review of the first year of operation of the Assisted Dying Service, from 7 November 2021 to 6 November 2022. The review’s main objectives ...

This rest home has been audited against the Health and Disability Services Standards. During the last audit, the auditors identified some areas for improvement. Issues from their last audit are listed ...

The Health and Disability System Review was charged with taking a system-wide approach to what needs to change to ensure our future system achieves better and more equitable health and wellbeing ...

combine their advanced nursing knowledge and skills with diagnostic reasoning and therapeutic knowledge provide care for people with both common and complex conditions have the legal authority to ...

FASD is a diagnostic term for a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by exposure to alcohol before birth. The main effects from this exposure are to the brain but alcohol can also affect other parts of ...

Our vision is pae ora (healthy futures) for women. All women will live longer in good health, have improved wellbeing and quality of life, and be part of healthy, and resilient whānau and communities, ...

The use of colourings in notifiable products is completely prohibited in New Zealand. Approved specialist vape retailers can sell any approved flavour of vaping substances from their approved vaping ...

New insights into New Zealanders’ mental health and problematic substance use have been published today. The report Mental health and problematic substance use presents the findings from the 2021/22 ...

Northern Te Manawa Taki Central Te Waipounamu. Published data can be downloaded from the Annual Data Explorer as a .csv file. Data for the 2023/24 New Zealand Health Survey were collected between July ...