A formal regulatory inspection of Canterbury-based mental health services has set out a series of recommended changes for Health New Zealand and is continuing checks over the next 12 months.

Medsafe has opened a consultation on proposals to reduce barriers to accessing clozapine, a medicine used to treat treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

In addition to the briefings published below, we also publish additional information alongside Cabinet material, including briefings to Ministers. These can be found at Information releases.Some parts ...

Private hospitals must notify the Ministry of Health before undertaking any of the following changes: increasing patient or client capacity transferring existing clinical services introducing a new ...

The New Zealand Health Survey is a key tool for monitoring smoking and vaping among people aged 15 years and older. Questions on smoking have been included annually since 2011/12. Questions on vaping ...

This discussion document considers options for modernising New Zealand’s regulation of the health workforce. It supports public consultation on this topic.

The Registrar (assisted dying) Annual Report to the Minister of Health covers the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

In February 2024, the High Court directed the Director-General of Health to assess whether each of the 14 directions to fluoridate one or more water supplies made in 2022 were, in terms of section 5 ...

These documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Associate Minister of Health, Hon Casey Costello. Title of Cabinet paper: Modernising regulation of medicines ...

This briefing provided the incoming Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown, with an overview of the context of recent Government reforms and priorities, and identified key issues and upcoming milestones ...