New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 172

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✨ Health Service Standards



B7 Service Provision

B7.1 The General Practitioner will deliver services to patients that include the following:

a) services are provided in a timely, equitable and efficient manner to appropriately meet consumers’ assessed needs;

b) service delivery reflects current good practice and is provided by suitably skilled and qualified personnel;

c) facilities allow for adequate privacy and staff are sensitive in meeting patients’ needs for adequate privacy during physical examination and sensitive discussions (the General Practitioner or the patient may request a chaperone during such examinations);

d) consumer records meet legislative and accepted professional and/or sector standards;

e) safe and timely referral, discharge or transfer; and

f) an appropriate range of linkages and co-operation is maintained with other providers and community agencies to promote effective service delivery.

B8 Facilities/Safe Environment

B8.1 The General Practitioner’s service provision to consumers includes that:

a) all buildings, plant and equipment used in service provision are fit for their purpose and are maintained adequately and in safe working order as required by legislative and regulatory requirements and other relevant standards;

b) appropriate safety and emergency equipment and related information is clearly displayed and accessible.

4. Replacement of Schedule 3

The Notice is amended by deleting the existing Schedule 3, and replacing it with the following Schedule:

Schedule 3

IMMUNISATION SERVICES

1 Childhood Immunisation Services - Preamble:

1.1 Objective

The objective of immunisation services is to improve, promote and protect the health of the population, particularly children, both individually and collectively, by preventing and controlling vaccine-preventable diseases. Methods of reducing the impact and risk of vaccine-preventable diseases include:

a) increasing the numbers and proportion of children with completed scheduled childhood immunisation on time, by the time they are two years old, and by school entry;

b) developing and maintaining effective recall systems, which remind parents/caregivers of due dates for vaccinations and recall those who are delayed or late in receiving vaccinations;


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VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 2001, No 172


Gazette.govt.nz — PDF NZ Gazette 2001, No 172




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🏥 Amendment to Patient Benefits and Subsidies for General Practitioners (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Patient Benefits, Subsidies, General Practitioners, Service Provision, Facilities, Immunisation Services, Childhood Immunisation, Vaccination, Health Standards