Diabetes Nurse Prescriber roll out: http://www.pharmac.health.nz/news/consultation-2014-03-24-diabetes-nurse-prescribers/ PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to allow all Diabetes Nurse Prescribers to have their prescriptions subsidised. Currently PHARMAC subsidises prescriptions written...

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NZNO is committed to the representation of members and the promotion of nursing and midwifery. NZNO provides professional leadership and advice in a range of areas including models of care. In 2011, NZNO published 2020 and Beyond: A Vision for Nursing establishing the parameters for future work...

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Quality is an area of great importance in health care. NZNO originally published their Quality in the Workplace handbook in 2007. Since this time, there has been a proliferation of resources made available on quality – many of these are available on line. For this reason, NZNO has chosen to...

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Following the recent completion of the new Tier One Specification for Public Health Services, the Ministry is currently reviewing the Tier Two Specifications for Public Health Services. Service specifications are used by the Ministry in contracting to describe the services being purchased and...

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This Bill is an omnibus one that proposes reform of New Zealand's workplace health and safety system. The Bill seeks to replace the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and the Machinery Act 1950. This Bill reforms New Zealand’s workplace health and safety system, following the work of the...

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Late in 2013 the Nursing Council approved the below draft documents for consultation. The background to the draft documents relates to a request from Council to review the process for ongoing monitoring of nursing education programmes leading to registration in the registered nurse scope of...

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PHARMAC - Proposal to list a range of Surgical Sutures and Wound Care products supplied by Universal Specialties Ltd Limited http://www.pharmac.health.nz/news/consultation-2014-03-11-sutures-wound-care/ Feedback Due: Please send comments ASAP to Marilyn Head, Senior Policy Analyst  by 20 March...

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The agenda for the 51st meeting of the Medicines Classification Committee is now available on the Medsafe website:  http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/class/agen51.htm. There are a number of medications relevant to nurses that are being considered for reclassification. This may have an impact...

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http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/psychoactive-substances-regulations-consultation-document This paper consults on proposals for regulations relating to licensing, product approval processes, labelling and packaging details, place of sale and advertising, and fees and levies. The...

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Following a first round of consultation, PHARMAC has developed proposals for change to the current decision criteria for its funding decisions. PHARMAC 's role has expanded to include new areas such as hospital medicines vaccines and medical devices and the proposed decision criteria will...

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The Health Select Committee is welcoming submissions for the Smokefree Environments (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment bill.  The key objectives of the new legislation are to: reduce the appeal of tobacco products and smoking, particularly for young people, further reduce any wider social...

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Is it possible to reverse the trend towards increasing health disparities between rich and poor, employed and unemployed, Pakeha and Maori, Pacific and Asian, urban and rural, young and old, people with and without disabilities?  How can we ensure that th/ose who have the potential to...

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Three separate consultations for specifications for gloves DR4011.1 - Single-use medical examination gloves Part 1: Specification for gloves made from rubber latex or rubber solution (ISO 11193-1:2008, MOD) (Revision of AS/NZS 4011:1997 (in part)) To cover rubber and poly(vinyl chloride)...

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PHARMAC, has published a long list of low-volume drugs which could be added to the Pharmaceutical Schedule (the list of drugs it funds) if suppliers came forward. In a request for information, PHARMAC says it is interested in any information from suppliers and other interested parties, including...

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Following consultation last year, ACART is seeking feedback on its proposed advice that: the import and export of human gametes and embryos should be allowed if consistent with the provisions of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act; the Ethics committee on Assisted Reproductive...

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