Evaluation of the Bowel Screening Pilot - 2013 Follow-up WDHB Population Survey Findings Last Publication Date: 15 Apr 2014 An evaluation of the Waitemata District Health Board Bowel Screening Pilot is being undertaken to help inform a decision on whether it is feasible to roll…
Evaluation of the Bowel Screening Pilot - Role of General Practice Last Publication Date: 15 Apr 2014 An evaluation of the Waitemata District Health Board Bowel Screening Pilot is being undertaken to help inform a decision on whether it is feasible to roll…
Options for future New Zealand censuses: Census Transformation programme Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2014 This paper outlines potential options for future censuses in New Zealand. These options form the basis for investigative work to assess the feasibility of each option.…
An international perspective on the New Zealand productivity paradox Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2014 New Zealand’s broad policy settings should generate GDP per capita 20% above the OECD average, but it is actually over 20% below average. Closing this gap…
Post implementation review: Going Digital Last Publication Date: 13 Mar 2014 Going Digital was a significant four-year programme that was responsible for driving the country's transition from analogue to digital television by the end of 2013. It…
Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2012–2013 Last Publication Date: 04 Mar 2014 This report describes the microbiological and chemical quality of water in New Zealand drinking-water supplies serving populations of more than 100 people, and progress towards meeting…
Inquiry into property investments Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 In November 2012, I announced that my Office would carry out an inquiry into property investments by Delta Utility Services Limited (Delta), a council-controlled trading organisation…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pathway to Prioritisation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 In 2013, the NHC published Strategic Overview: Respiratory Disease in New Zealand which highlighted COPD as an area of high materiality in terms of health gain…
Variation and improving services: analysing and interpreting variation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Addressing variation in health services is one of the major challenges for clinicians and managers, both in New Zealand and internationally. Observing variation raises difficult questions…
Snapshot Study: WiFi in Schools Last Publication Date: 24 Feb 2014 This report, commissioned by the Ministry of Health, presents the results of measurements of exposures to radiofrequency (RF) fields from WiFi in two New Zealand schools,…