As part of the Child Action Plan implementing the above legislation, the Ministry of Health is seeking a quick response to guide the  development of: 1. Regulations for Worker Safety checks 2. Child Protection Policy Guidelines 1. Worker Safety Checks: Agencies will be required to...

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Standards New Zealand NZS 8200 Rainbow-inclusive workplaces: A standard for gender and sexual diversity in employment This draft Standard provides a means for organisations to measure their commitment to gender and sexual diversity in the workplace. Please note the clause number if you...

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Health Claims – Formulated Supplementary Sports Foods & Electrolyte Drinks FSANZ is proposing a draft variation to the Code to permit formulated supplementary sports foods (FSSFs), Electrolyte drinks (EDs) and electrolyte drink bases to carry (self-substantiated) health claims as per standard...

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Care rationing has recently been appearing in workplaces. The purpose of this position statement is to make clear NZNO’s standpoint on the importance of achieving safe staffing levels and healthy working places in order to ensure delivery of safe and effective nursing care and prevent care...

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Over the past few months, the ANZICS End-of-Life Care Working Group have been developing a comprehensive document that relates to Care and Decision-Making at the End of Life for the Critically Ill. Attached is the resulting consultation draft of the ANZICS Statement on Care and Decision-Making...

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The Nursing Council of New Zealand (the Council) is consulting with interested individuals, nurses, representatives of nurses, nurse educators, and others in health and education sectors (stakeholders) on the prescribed qualifications for the registered nurse scope of practice. The Council is...

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With a wide variety of sector groups and clinicians asking for advice and guidance regarding restraint, Te Pou and the Ministry of Health consider this a priority document that will support the workforce and best practice direction, in inpatient settings. Attached is Draft 2 of this important...

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2014 Review of  New Zealand’s Essential Skills in Demand Lists http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/general/generalinformation/review.htm Immigration New Zealand annually reviews the occupations listed in the Essential Skills in Demand Lists.  Currently four categories...

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DR 100397 Reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations The objective of this Standard is to ensure that Health service organisations clean, disinfect and sterilize reusable Medical Devices prior to and between patient uses correctly in order to produce RMDs that are...

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Always Review and Report consultation paper See link: http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/news-and-events/news/1499/ The HQSC is seeking  the sector’s views on a possible amendment to the national reportable events policy to make it clear there is a subset of highly preventable events that should always...

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Access to high cost medicines for people with rare disorders: http://www.pharmac.health.nz/news/media-2014-04-08-high-cost-medicines/ Pharmac is seeking feedback on its discussion paper on improving access to high cost medicines for people with rare disorders. It proposes having a separate,...

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Incident debriefing is an important component of ensuring quality health care. The NZNO guidelines on incident debriefing were first published in 2005. This review of the document provides up to date information on incident debriefing for nurses and workplaces. Please forward your feedback by...

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The Nursing Council has reviewed the way the disciplinary levy is apportioned within the current Annual Practising Certificate (APC) fee with the primary intent to not increase the APC fee for nurses and employers. The current disciplinary levy is $20.00 and the Council would like to consult...

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The NHC has published three consultation documents on their website http://nhc.health.govt.nz/our-work/consultations on: 1)  Four 'Cardiac Cluster' assessments for sector feedback.  These include: renal artery denervation for patients with refractory hypertension percutaneous...

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The Ministry is seeking feedback on two proposed amendments to the way nurse practitioners and midwives prescribe controlled drugs for their patients. The aim of the proposals is to improve patient access to timely care, make best use of the skills within the nurse practitioner and midwifery...

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