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This release covers the most important indicators from the 2017/18 New Zealand Health Survey. These are self-rated health, smoking (current), past-year drinking, hazardous drinking, obesity, mental health status (psychological distress), unmet need for GP due to cost and unfilled prescriptions due to cost.

The questionnaires and content guide give information about the content of the adult and child surveys.

The first and second interim reports provides the preliminary findings of the Cancer Psychological and Social Support Initiative evaluation.

This Guideline sets out recommendations, requirements and response actions for the prevention, management, and control of healthcare-associated infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in acute care and residential care facilities in New Zealand.

This code applies to all activities associated with radiological equipment used for diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, the dental use of cone beam computed tomography equipment and research.

These tables present a summary of fetal and infant deaths, with a focus on deaths and stillbirths registered in 2015. Information presented includes demographic information (eg, ethnicity and sex), cause of death, gestation and birthweight, as well as deaths classified as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI).

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.

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.

The output plan is a performance agreement between the Minister of Health (the Minister) and the Director-General of Health. The plan is designed to show the Ministry of Health’s commitment to deliver a range of ‘outputs’ to the Minister and Associate Ministers of Health during the financial year ending 30 June 2019.

Each year, the Director-General of Health publishes an Annual Report to Parliament that assesses the Ministry of Health's performance against objectives set at the beginning of the financial year. The Annual Report for the year ended 2018 contains the Ministry's achievements including the Ministry's financial and non-financial performance.