New Zealand Gazette – 2001 – No. 172

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✨ Health Services Coordination



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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 172

"Linkages with other services"

Linkages between services can be important in ensuring that children receive their entitled immunisation and well child services, and that health and developmental problems are detected early and interventions started.

Co-ordination between providers is important to monitor trends and targets in immunisation. The following services or organisations may have a role in assisting delivery of immunisation services, and may need to be involved for some children:

a) immunisation co-ordinators working for an IPA or PCO, Public Health Service and Maori or Pacific Health Service providers;

b) other primary care providers;

c) the child’s family;

d) Other Tamariki Ora/Well Child Services, including Plunket, Maori and Pacific Island child health service providers and the Maori Women’s Welfare League;

e) health services for “hard to reach” children;

f) public health services;

g) paediatric services;

h) Maori and Pacific health services;

i) the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC);

j) non-medical vaccinators;

k) maternity service providers, including hospital and independent midwives;

l) early childhood education services (mostly for enquiries and certificates);

m) schools (mostly for enquiries and certificates);

n) income support and child health and welfare services and agencies (including “Family Start” and “Strengthening Family Programme”), when facilitating a child’s access to immunisation services;

o) the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM).

"2 Services"

"2.1 Each General Practitioner will provide immunisation services as specified in this Schedule 3. The responsibilities of a General Practitioner to provide immunisation services may be discharged by a registered nurse provided that the General Practitioner must ensure that the registered nurse complies with all of the terms and conditions set out in this Schedule 3 (and in particular the obligations of clause 2.1t) and any other terms and conditions in this Advice Notice relevant to the provision of immunisation services. Immunisation services include, but are not limited to:

Informing parents and vaccinating children:

a) responsibility for delivery of the immunisation programme of each child who is a patient of the General Practitioner from birth to age five;

b) advising and informing parents whenever possible about immunisation and vaccine-preventable diseases, including pre-parental education;

c) vaccinating children, as specified in the current Immunisation Schedule (included in the Immunisation Handbook and amendments notified by the Ministry of Health), or as agreed with the caregiver;



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🏥 Linkages with Other Services for Immunisation and Well Child Services (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Immunisation, Well Child Services, Coordination, Healthcare Providers, Public Health, Paediatric Services, Tamariki Ora, Plunket, Maori Health, Pacific Health, IMAC, CARM, Family Start, Strengthening Family Programme