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

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

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

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

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  • Series of prosecutions begins for illegal cigarette and vape sales

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    A tobacco and vape retailer and his employee have received fines totalling $8000 after an investigation by Health New Zealand led to the Ministry of Health filing charges against them. These are the first sentencings in a series of prosecutions currently being undertaken by the Ministry against retailers identified as repeat offenders by Health New Zealand investigations.

    • News article
    • Tobacco
    • Vaping
  • Three additional ‘Safe Areas’ announced

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    New ‘Safe Areas’ will be in place around three abortion service providers from 27 September 2024, to protect the safety, wellbeing, privacy and dignity of people who are accessing or providing abortion services. 

    • News article
    • Abortion
  • Ministry prosecutes vape retailer

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    A Christchurch shopkeeper has been fined $56,000 for the illegal sale of vapes and cigarettes, including selling vapes to minors.  

    • News article
    • Vaping
  • Consultation to update the New Zealand clinical trial regulatory guidelines

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    A plan aiming to streamline clinical trial reporting procedures in some circumstances is now out for consultation. Medsafe is seeking public feedback on a series of proposed updates to the regulatory guidelines for people conducting clinical trials for medicines and medical devices.

    • News article
    • Medicines control
  • Pause on Surgical mesh update

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    It’s been one year since the Director-General of Health, Dr Diana Sarfati, supported a pause in the use of surgical mesh to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) on the recommendation of the Surgical Mesh Roundtable (MRT). 

    • News article
    • Elective services
  • Severe disease invasive Group A Strep now a ‘notifiable’ disease

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    Invasive group A streptococcal infection (iGAS) will become a ‘notifiable’ disease on 1 October 2024. In addition, Cabinet has now also removed COVID-19 from the list of quarantinable infectious diseases.

    • News article
    • Notifiable diseases
    • COVID-19
    • Public health
  • End of Life Choice Act Review

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    The Ministry of Health will be inviting the public to share their views on the End of Life Choice Act as part of a review of the Act.

    • News article
    • Assisted dying
  • 2023 Drug Harm Index published

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    Today the 2023 Drug Harm Index, produced by the National Drug Intelligence Bureau (NDIB) has been published on the Ministry of Health website
    • News article
    • Drugs
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