About us Mō mātou

About the Ministry of Health and the New Zealand health system. 

Regulation & legislation Ngā here me ngā ture

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

Strategies & initiatives He rautaki, he tūmahi hou

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

Monitoring & statistics He aroturuki, he tatauranga

Data and insights from our health surveys, research and monitoring.

Māori health Hauora Māori

Increasing access to health services, achieving equity and improving outcomes for Māori.

Title of Cabinet paper:

  • Enabling professions to prescribe unapproved medicines during supply shortages.
     

Titles of minutes:

  • Enabling professions to prescribe unapproved medicines during supply shortages (SOU-24-MIN-0164)
  • Report of the Cabinet Social Outcomes Committee: Period Ended 13 December 2024 (CAB-24-MIN-0499)

Titles of briefings:

  • Nurse practitioner prescribing and section 29 of the Medicines Act 1981 (H2024046643)
  • Amending the Medicines Act 1981 to improve medicines access (H2024051761)
  • Cabinet paper: Enabling professions to prescribe unapproved medicines during supply shortages (H2024055954)

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