Publications relating to New Zealand's health and disability workforce.
This is a practical guide for health professionals to support decision making regarding the sharing of information.
Workforce publications
Publications
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Published 02 September 2019 -
Published 23 April 2018The Mental Health and Addiction Workforce Action Plan identifies the priority areas and actions required to develop an integrated, competent, capable, high-quality and motivated workforce focused on improving health and wellbeing. It will guide decisions about investment and resourcing for the next five years and is relevant to all people working to improve outcomes for those with mental health and addiction issues. -
Published 13 February 2018This annual report summarises the priorities and main activities of 2016/17. It also provides a brief overview of the work programme for the coming year. The report includes an update on governance arrangements, significant milestones and high-level financial information. -
Published 31 March 2017This publication presents Health Workforce New Zealand’s work, based around each of the six workforce taskforces: medical; nursing; midwifery; allied health, science and technical; kaiāwhina and leadership. It also presents Health Workforce New Zealand’s workforce forecasting model -
Published 09 December 2016This final evaluation report provides information on the first three years of implementing the Cancer Nurse Coordinator Initiative across all district health boards. -
Published 17 August 2016The Standing Order Guidelines are a resource for the health professionals working with standing orders. It provides a user-friendly guide to assist issuers when developing and/or reviewing standing orders. It also outlines the roles and responsibilities of health professionals issuing standing orders and those working under standing orders. -
Published 30 May 2016In 2013, Health Workforce New Zealand commissioned the Northern Regional Alliance of District Health Boards to manage a pilot of an innovative approach to training sonographers developed by The University of Auckland. -
Published 22 March 2016The aim of the demonstration was to test the concept of enabling a pharmacist more time to provide improved patient services without compromising public safety in the dispensing of medicines
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Published 17 February 2016This publication is an evaluation report of the establishment of the Clinical Exercise Physiologist role in New Zealand -
Published 16 February 2016This guide presents a framework of agreed principles and processes for stakeholders and medical specialists to use when developing programmes and reviewing systems that enable medical specialists in New Zealand to demonstrate their competence by participating in a range of activities that are likely to improve their performance.