✨ Maternity Services Requirements
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41
13 APRIL 2007
(a) are provided in a safe, timely, equitable, and efficient manner to meet
the assessed needs of the person who is eligible for primary maternity
services; and
(b) are provided in a manner which supports and promotes continuity of
care; and
(c) are provided by sufficient numbers of suitably skilled and qualified
practitioners; and
(d) are provided in a manner that is appropriate to the culture of the
person who is eligible for primary maternity services (including their
family or whanau).
Defined in this notice: maternity provider, person who is eligible for primary maternity services,
practitioner, primary maternity services
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Achieving Māori health outcomes and reducing Māori health inequalities
Primary maternity services will achieve Māori health outcomes and reduce
Māori health inequalities by facilitating Māori access to maternity services,
ensuring appropriate pathways through those services and that maternity
services address the primary maternity needs of Māori.
Defined in this notice: primary maternity services
CB5
Practitioner to have access agreement
A practitioner that uses a maternity facility or a birthing unit must have an
access agreement for the use of that maternity facility or birthing unit (as
applicable).
Defined in this notice: access agreement, birthing unit, maternity facility, practitioner
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Relationship to be based on informed consent
A maternity provider must ensure that the relationship between the maternity
provider (including the practitioners who work for them) and a woman is
based on informed consent and the dignity of the woman is respected.
Defined in this notice: maternity provider, person who is eligible for primary maternity services,
practitioner
CB7
Information about primary maternity services
(1) A maternity provider must ensure that every person who is eligible for primary
maternity services is given the appropriate information on the primary
maternity services that they are entitled to receive (including their options).
(2) In all cases woman are entitled to an explanation of the costs of all options for
maternity care.
Defined in this notice: maternity provider, persons who is eligible for primary maternity services,
primary maternity services
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
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