Publications

This report briefly describes the development of the indicator of potentially avoidable hospitalisation for the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, using the routinely collected National Minimum Dataset for hospital inpatient events (NMDS).

The Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Use Data Explorer provides survey results on the following topics: smoking prevalence, types of tobacco products smoked, reasons for smoking roll-your-own cigarettes, initiation and uptake of smoking, smoking cessation behaviour, electronic cigarette use, smoking in pregnancy and exposure to second-hand smoke

The Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2018-19 describes drinking-water quality for all registered networked drinking-water supplies that served populations of more than 100 people from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

The purpose of this document is to highlight the complexity and potential long-term needs of people recovering from COVID-19 and to demonstrate the importance of the allied, scientific and technical workforce in reducing the short- and long-term health and wellbeing implications of COVID-19 infection.

The Ministry commissioned Allen + Clarke to undertake a rapid review of three Public Health Units between 20 and 24 April 2020 to provide an overview of how Public Health Units are positioned for COVID-19 contact tracing.

This plan sets out priority outcomes and accompanying actions for the next five years to improve the health and wellbeing of our vibrant and growing Pacific population living in Aotearoa New Zealand

Following the classification of five clusters of COVID‑19 in ARC facilities, the Director-General of Health commissioned this review to quickly learn what was effective and what needs to be improved in order to avoid or better manage any similar events in the future.

The current state assessment of DHB assets is the first consistent nationwide report on the condition and clinical fitness for purpose of DHB facilities and buildings, with a focus on main hospital campuses and acute care facilities. 

The Health and Independence Report is the Director-General of Health’s annual report on the state of public health in New Zealand. The 2018 report presents an overview of the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders drawing on a range of sources.

This publication is a maternity care data set standard for New Zealand, defining the information that must be recorded to support high-quality maternity care to women and their babies, and to provide structured and coded information for reporting and analytics.