Cabinet and briefing material: Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Regulations 2024
Publication date:These documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Minister of Health, Hon Dr Shane Reti.
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Supplementary Regulatory Impact Statement: Banning disposable vaping products and increasing penalties for sales to minors
Publication date:The Ministry of Health is solely responsible for the analysis and advice set out in this Supplementary Regulatory Impact Statement, except as otherwise explicitly indicated.
Organisational change process
Publication date:As the Minister of Finance announced at the mini-Budget in December 2023, the Government is seeking $1.5 billion per annum in savings to deliver on policy commitments and fund critical cost pressures. Public service agencies have been asked to identify savings options of either 6.5% or 7.5%. The Ministry has been provided a savings target of 6.5%. In addition to identifying
savings in corporate spending and the cessation of some projects, the Ministry has undertaken a structural change to the organisation.Cabinet and briefing material: End of Life Choice Act 2019: Terms of Reference for the Review
Publication date:These Cabinet and briefing documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of Hon Dr Shane Reti, Minister of Health and Hon David Seymour, Associate Minister of Health.
Responding to future pandemics
Publication date:Advice to the Minister of Mental Health Hon Matt Doocey: March 2024
Publication date:We proactively release advice that the Minister of Mental Health has received from the Ministry of Health as part of our commitment to openness and transparency.
Advice to the Minister of Health: March 2024
Publication date:We proactively release advice that the Minister of Health has received from the Ministry of Health as part of our commitment to openness and transparency.
Cabinet and briefing material: Disestablishment of the Māori Health Authority – Next Steps on Māori health
Publication date:The Cabinet paper seeks to update the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee with a vision and plan for Māori health following the disestablishment of the Māori Health Authority.
Director-General expenditure
Publication date:Details of expenditure for the Director-General of Health.
Cabinet material: Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill 2024: Addressing Youth Vaping
Publication date:Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill 2024: Addressing Youth Vaping
These documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Associate Minister of Health, Hon Casey Costello.
Visibility of vape products and proximity of Specialist Vape Retailers
Publication date:This statement has been produced to accompany a Cabinet paper and Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill No 2.
Evidence brief on puberty blockers
Publication date:Vaping sales
Publication date:Rongoā Māori
Publication date:COVID vaccine exemptions
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