Submissions
The NZMA makes a large number of submissions every year on a wide range of topics, mainly in response to Ministry of Health and other health agency discussion documents, and government bills. The following is a list of recent submissions. Submissions prior to 2010 are available on our submissions archive page (link in the left-hand menu). If there is a submission you would like to read which is not available on this page, please email our Senior Policy Advisor.
2012
- 23 February: Draft Code of Conduct - Nursing Council (PDF)
- 23 February: Natural Health Products Bill - Health Selected Committee (PDF)
- 13 January: Health Workforce Strategy - Health Workforce New Zealand (PDF)
- 13 January: Doctors and financial conflicts of interest - Medical Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 9 January: A proposed framework for the regulation of special interests - Medical Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 9 January: Records retention and disposal schedule - Pharmac (PDF)
2011
- 28 November: Information Governance in the New Zealand Health Sector - National Health Board (PDF)
- 11 November: High Use Health Card checklist - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 8 November: New Models of Care for Medical Oncology - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 12 October: First do no harm principle and industrial action - National Ethics Advisory Committee (PDF)
- 12 October: Draft Auckland City Plan - Auckland City Council (PDF)
- 10 October: Recognition of the Vocational Scope of Pain Medicine - Medical Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 30 September: Christchurch Laboratory Service Level Alliance Report: A Whole of System Approach to Laboratory Services - Canterbury Clinical Network (PDF)
- 19 September: Proposed Changes to the Special Purpose (Locum Tenens) Scope of Practice - Medical Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 15 September: Draft Central City Plan - Christchurch City Council (PDF)
- 5 September: Consultation on proposed amendments to the Cost of Treatment Regulations - ACC (PDF)
- 1 September: Evaluation of Physician Assistant Trial Auckland (PDF)
- 15 August: Proposal to tender certain pharmaceuticals for sole supply - Pharmac (PDF)
- 15 August: Proposal that Traditional Chinese Medicine Become a Regulated Profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 9 August: Report of Health Select Committee on inquiry into improving New Zealand's environment to support innovation through clinical trials - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 13 July: Increasing Choice in Workplace Accident Compensation - Department of Labour (PDF)
- 11 July: Prevocational Training Requirements for Doctors in New Zealand - Medical Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 23 June: Final words – Death and Cremation Certification in New Zealand - Law Commission (PDF)
- 23 June: Workforce Requirements for New Models of Service Delivery: Proposed Changes to the General Practice Education Programme (PDF)
- 16 June: Proposed changes to fees for assessment of documents and interview of international medical graduates applying for provisional vocational registration - Medical Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 8 June: Health Workforce New Zealand Draft Investment Plan Prioritisation Criteria - Health Workforce New Zealand (PDF)
- 1 June: Reaccreditation of the College of Intensive Care Medicine - Medical Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 15 April: Proposal for a Shared Secretariat and Office Function for all Health-Related Regulatory Authorities together with a Reduction in the Number of Regulatory Authority Board Members - Health Workforce New Zealand (PDF)
- 23 March: Proposed amendments to the Maternity Referral Guidelines and processes for the transfer of care - Allen & Clarke (PDF)
- 14 February: Alcohol reform bill - Justice and Electoral Select Committee (PDF)
- 14 February: Liquor advertising review - Advertising Standards Authority (PDF)
- 28 January: Draft maternity standards - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 28 January: Smoke free environments (Controls & Enforcement) Amendment Bill - Health Select Committee (PDF)
2010
- 18 November: Career planning for Doctors-in-Training - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 29 September: Long term benefit dependency - the issues - Welfare Working Group (PDF)
- 10 September: Nurse Prescribing in Diabetes - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 10 September: Consensus Statement on Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Work - Australasian Faculty of Occupational And Environmental Medicine (PDF)
- 15 July: PMS requirements discussion document - General Practice New Zealand (PDF)
- 7 July: Proposed Pharmacist prescriber scope of practice - Pharmacy Council of New Zealand (PDF)
- 26 June: Review of learnings from the Auckland laboratory transition - Auckland lab process reviewers (PDF)
- 25 June: Guidance paper for New Zealand emergency department regarding the interface with primary health care - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 25 June: Consultation on Strengthening Recertification Requirements for Doctors Registered in a General Scope - Medical Council of New Zealand) (PDF)
- 21 June: Physician assistant trial and evaluation - Health Workforce New Zealand (PDF)
- 18 June: New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill - Health Select Committee (PDF)
- 18 June: Review of clinical pathway for clients with a mental injury caused by sexual abuse or sexual assault - Sensitive claims review panel (PDF)
- 25 May: National health IT plan - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 17 May: Legislative barriers to workforce innovation - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 14 May: Development of a Natural Health Products Bill - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 10 May: Proposal to ban tobacco retail displays in New Zealand - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 23 April: Controlling and regulating drugs - Use of cannabis for medicinal purposes - Law Commission (PDF)
- 23 April: Review of the Privacy Act 1993 - Health Information - Law Commission (PDF)
- 13 April: Proposal to Expand PHARMAC's Role to Include Hospital Medicines and a Limited Range of Medical Devices - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 8 April: High Level Requirements for the Transfer of Care between Health Practitioners - Focusing on the Transfer of Care from Secondary to Primary Health Practitioners (Discharge Summaries) - Hutt Valley DHB (PDF)
- 1 April: NZREX Placement Programme for International Medical Graduates Residing in New Zealand- Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 29 March: Consultation on Proposed Amendments to Regulations under the Medicines Act 1981 - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 11 March: Proposed Physician Assistant Trial - Governance Documents - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 8 March: How do we Determine if Statutory Regulation is the Most Appropriate way to Regulate Health Professions? - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 3 March: Consultation on Special Foods - Pharmac (PDF)
- 15 February: Review of Access to High-Cost, Highly Specialised Medicines in New Zealand - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 12 February: Inquiry Into How to Improve Completion Rates of Childhood Immunisation - Health Committee (PDF)
- 12 February: Northern Region DHBs/University of Auckland Physician Assistants Trial - Counties Manukau DHB (PDF)
- 3 February: Bridging the Gap - Otago DHB (PDF)
- 3 February: Draft Needs Assessment and Care Plan Process for Use in Pregnancy and Well Child Services - Ministry of Health (PDF)
- 29 January: Re: Inquiry Into The Tobacco Industry in Aoteroa and the Consequences of Tobacco Use for Maori - Maori Affairs Select Committee (PDF)
