Publications relating to the National Immunisation Register.
Use and disclosure of information
This document outlines policies and procedures for the use and disclosure of information on the NIR, as well as safeguards required to ensure that NIR operational policies comply with privacy and other relevant legislation.
- Use and Disclosure of Information held on the National Immunisation Register: Version 2 (July 2004) (in the Ministry’s Library Catalogue)
Accessing Identifiable Information through Qlik - August 2020
The Ministry is proposing to change the way users can access identifiable information on the NIR, to better support service delivery and to better achieve the Ministry’s aim of enabling the right users to see the right identifiable information to improve immunisation coverage in New Zealand.
DHB and PHO users with identifiable access will be able to view all identifiable data on the NIR through Qlik, regardless of location subsets. Identifiable access will also no longer be limited to a specific job title (ie. NIR Administrator) but will be available to anyone who has a Qlik licence and whose role includes immunisation service planning or delivery.
As additional security, the Immunisation team will keep a register of people, including their job roles, with identifiable level access to Qlik which will be updated regularly. Additional NIR specific training will be developed to support users.
The current way of sub-dividing the National Immunisation Register (NIR) cohort among New Zealand immunisation providers is getting in the way of the NIR's main objective of improving immunisation coverage. It is important that the balance of ensuring that the underlying privacy issues and that the right people have access to the right data is resolved.
Documentation to update and replace the current NIR Privacy Policy will be developed as part of the development of the National Immunisation Solution that will replace the NIR.
Privacy policy
The purpose of this document is to set out the Privacy Policy in relation to the management of the health information held on the NIR.
Manuals
- NIR DHB Administrator Manual (Word, 217 KB), (PDF, 935 KB)
- NIR National Administrator Manual (PDF, 3.9 MB)
- NIR Provider Browser Manual (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Forms
- NIR1: Registration Form for Newborn cover page (PDF, 99 KB)
- NIR1: Registration Form for Newborn (PDF, 1006 KB) – print PDF
- NIR1: Registration Form for Newborn (PDF, 118 KB) – fillable PDF (save to desktop before completing)
- NIR3: Immunisation Event Form cover page (PDF, 146 KB)
- NIR3: Immunisation Event Form (PDF, 95 KB) – print PDF
- NIR3: Immunisation Event Form (PDF, 386 KB) – fillable PDF (save to desktop before completing)
- NIR3A: Immunisation Event Form for Special Groups (PDF, 70 KB) – print PDF
- NIR3A: Immunisation Event Form for Special Groups (PDF, 436 KB) – fillable PDF (save to desktop before completing)
- NIR4: Notification to the National Immunisation Register (PDF, 74 KB) – print PDF
- NIR4: Notification to the National Immunisation Register (PDF, 218 KB) – fillable PDF (save to desktop before completing)
- NIR5: Notification of Outcome of Outreach Immunisation Service Referral (PDF, 78 KB) and Cover page (PDF, 66 KB)
- Authorised User Agreement for Pharmacies (PDF, 107 KB)
- General Authorised User Agreement – Group (PDF, 241 KB)
- Authorised User Agreement for a DHB Administrator (PDF, 210 KB)