Fluoridation
Publication date:Consideration of the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) settings
Publication date:Cabinet and briefing material: Letter of expectations for Pharmac 2024/25
Publication date:Letter of Expectations for Pharmac for 2024/25
The letter is available on the Pharmac website.
Cabinet and briefing material: Streamlining the medicines approval process
Publication date:The Cabinet paper seeks Cabinet’s agreement to establish a verification approval process for medicines, as part of a broader set of operational improvements and efficiencies to streamline the approval processes for medicines.
Cabinet material: Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Alcohol Levy) Order 2024
Publication date:This paper seeks authorisation to submit the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Alcohol Levy) Order 2024 to the Executive Council.
Cabinet and briefing material: heated tobacco products
Publication date:Last updated:These documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Associate Minister of Health, Hon Casey Costello.
Title of Cabinet papers:
Cabinet material: Improving the financial performance of Health New Zealand
Publication date:This paper provides Cabinet with further information on the current financial performance of Health New Zealand (Health NZ) and associated risks for the 2024/25 year and sets out proposed actions to address the risks.
Cabinet material: Mental Health portfolio priorities
Publication date:This Cabinet paper socialises the Minister's priorities for the Mental Health portfolio for the parliamentary term.
COVID-19 orders
Publication date:COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group (COVID TAG)
Publication date:COVID-19 guidance (physical distancing and vaccine safety)
Publication date:Cabinet and briefing material: Confirming the Government Policy Statement on Health for 2024-2027
Publication date:This paper seeks Cabinet’s agreement to the attached Government Policy Statement on Health (GPS), which sets out priorities for improving health and mental health outcomes for 2024–2027.
Batch numbers (Comirnaty vaccine)
Publication date:Advice to the Associate Minister of Health Hon Casey Castello: March 2024
Publication date:Last updated:We proactively release advice that the Associate Minister of Health has received from the Ministry of Health as part of our commitment to openness and transparency.
Advice to the Associate Minister of Health Hon Casey Castello: January 2024
Publication date:In addition to the briefings published below, we also publish additional information alongside Cabinet material, including briefings to Ministers. These can be found at Information releases.