Tagged: Ministry of Health

E-cigarettes to have legal market in NZ, experts cautious - News

John Kerr • Mar 29, 2017 •

• e-cigarettes,
• Ministry of Health,
• Nicotine,
• regulations,
• Smoking,
• tobacco,
• vaping

The Government has announced new regulations to allow nicotine containing electronic cigarettes to be sold in New Zealand. Currently e-cigarette devices can be sold in New Zealand but nicotine-containing e-liquid can not (nicotine is a scheduled substance under the Medicines Act), although consumers can purchase e-liquid from overseas for personal use. That is set to change with announcement of … Read More

Fluoridation: Making sense of the Ministry of Health data - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 28, 2017 •

• Data,
• dental health,
• fluoridation,
• fluoride,
• Ministry of Health

Every year local anti-fluoride activists eagerly await release of the latest Ministry of Health (MoH) data on the oral health of New Zealand School children. These data are a mine of examples which can be cherry-picked to argue that community water fluoridation is ineffective – or even that the oral health of children in non-fluoridated areas is better than fluoridated … Read More

Much scope for improvement: The NZ Health Research Strategy - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jul 18, 2016 •

• government,
• Health,
• health research,
• health strategy,
• Ministry of Health,
• Uncategorized

By Professor Nick Wilson The Government deserves congratulations for coming up with a Health Research Strategy. But the current Discussion Document needs a firmer strategic outlook with greater coherence. In this Perspective Blog a simple SWOT analysis is conducted and an alternative Vision Statement is proposed. It makes a lot of sense for a country to have a health … Read More

Zika in NZ: sexual transmission or intrepid mosquito? - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Mar 03, 2016 •

• Ministry of Health,
• Mosquito,
• sexual transmission,
• virus,
• zika

The New Zealand Ministry of Health are investigating a case of Zika in a woman who hasn’t travelled to a Zika-affected country recently. Is it a case of sexual transmission or a rogue mosquito? Update: I talked about this story this morning on RNZ’s Morning Report and TVNZ’s Breakfast on One. Also see my … Read More

DIY bowel screening kits - Kidney Punch

John Pickering • Aug 17, 2015 •

• Beat Bowel Cancer Aotearoa,
• Bowel Cancer,
• Faecal Occult Blood Test,
• False Negative,
• False Positive,
• Ministry of Health,
• sensitivity,
• Specificity

The Press headlines this morning claim the Ministry of Health is blocking bowel screening tests. The article itself states the MoH does “not recommend” use of do-it-yourself bowel screening kits.  I can find no MoH press release relating to these kits, so I am a little confused as to whether or not the MoH is blocking anything […] … Read More

Then and Now: The New Zealand Complementary Medicines Industry - Honest Universe

Mark Hanna • May 31, 2015 •

• Alternative Medicine,
• Donna Chisholm,
• Medsafe,
• Ministry of Health,
• Natural Health and Supplementary Products Bill,
• New Zealand,
• North & South,
• Regulation

In 2007, the Ministry of Health undertook a review of the “complementary medicines industry” in New Zealand, and found that a significant majority of companies weren’t complying with consumer protection legislation. The review was never made public, but when I saw it mentioned in a recent article in North & South magazine I asked the […] … Read More

Major government health directive monitored for efficacy and safety - Kidney Punch

John Pickering • Apr 09, 2015 •

• Accelerated diagnostic pathway,
• CDHB,
• Chest Pain,
• Christchurch Hospital,
• CMRF,
• Emergency Care Foundation,
• Emergency Department,
• Emergency Room,
• Heart Attack,
• HRC,
• Ministry of Health,
• Myocardial Infarction

Last year I was fortunate to become part of a team at Christchurch hospital led by emergency care physician, Dr Martin Than. About 7 years ago in response to some local issues with how patients presenting with chest pain were being evaluated for potential heart attacks, Dr Than began a research program that investigated what […] … Read More

Are submissions on fluoridation worth it? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Mar 11, 2015 •

• fluoridation,
• fluoride,
• Hamilton City Council,
• medicine,
• Ministry of Health,
• Sciblogs

Like most people I struggle to find the energy when representative and government bodies call for submissions. But I did make the effort recently when Medsafe called for submissions on their proposed clarification of how fluoridating agents are defined in the … Continue reading → … Read More

Social Bonds - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Dec 02, 2013 •

• alcohol,
• Ministry of Health,
• New Zealand

I hadn't heard of this one before Rebecca Stephenson called asking for comment. New Zealand is looking to pilot a "social bonds" project. The full documentation is here; the redacted cabinet papers are here.In short, NGOs and private providers interest... Read More

Tobacco factoids - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Jul 01, 2013 •

• Health,
• Ministry of Health,
• tobacco

The Ministry of Health has an RFP out looking for an evaluation of their overall tobacco control policies; they want to know whether they could be more effective in getting to a zero-tobacco New Zealand by 2025. Whether NZ should be Smokefree in 2025 ... Read More