Hospitals and specialist care publications

Publications relating to hospitals and specialist care services in New Zealand.

Publications

Top Tips for Improving Your Acute Demand Management

Published 20 June 2018

This document is designed to identify gaps in local acute service delivery. It provides tips on how to implement strategies for teams, departments and organisations wanting to see improved practice and improved health outcomes for their patients.

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Compensation for Live Organ Donors: Information pack

Published 03 December 2017

People who donate a kidney or part of their liver will need to take time out from their usual commitments to have surgery and to recover.This booklet explains the compensation available to cover loss of earnings for donors and how this process works.

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Privately funded hospital discharges – 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

Published 27 October 2017

These tables contain summarised data detailing privately funded hospital discharges and procedures by DHB, sex, age group and disease/procedure classification. The data is provided in multiple formats.

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Publicly funded hospital discharges – 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

Published 27 October 2017

These tables contain summarised information detailing publicly funded hospital discharges and procedures by DHB, ethnic group, sex, age group and disease/procedure classification. The data is provided in multiple formats

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Increased Deceased Organ Donation and Transplantation: Towards a national strategy

Published 05 September 2017

This publication provides detail and context for the national strategy for increasing deceased organ donation and transplantation

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A Review of the National Orthopaedic Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Quality Improvement Collaborative

Published 11 August 2017

This publication describes results from the National Orthopaedic Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Quality Improvement Collaborative.

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Increasing Deceased Organ Donation and Transplantation: A National Strategy

Published 29 June 2017

This publication is to encourage and make it easier for New Zealanders to make their donation wishes known to family and whānau. It also aims to help people make the most appropriate decision with the best possible support and confidence.

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Increasing Rates of Deceased Organ Donation: Summary of submissions

Published 29 March 2017

This consultation document sought feedback on the Ministry’s initial proposals to increase deceased organ donation and transplantation in New Zealand.

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Cancer Nurse Coordinator Initiative Evaluation Final Report 2016

Published 09 December 2016

This final evaluation report provides information on the first three years of implementing the Cancer Nurse Coordinator Initiative across all district health boards.

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Secure Dementia Care Home Design: Information Resource

Published 12 August 2016

The aim of this resource is to support people involved with the development or major reconfiguration of dementia care homes, and to enhance the lives of people with dementia. The resource is most useful to providers of aged care, architects, builders, families of people with dementia, and staff from DHBs and HealthCERT

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