Health policy

Other Agencies

Areas of Interest

ACC

Injury prevention, health services purchasing, best practice, rehabilitation, service policy

Agriculture and Forestry

Hazardous substances, rural communities, pesticide use, water pollution, biosecurity issues

Child, Youth and Family Services (Ministry of Social Development)

Child health issues

Civil Defence and Emergency Management

Mitigation and planning for major emergencies

Conservation

Recreation, hazardous substances, drinking water issues

Consumer Affairs

Product safety and labelling issues

Corrections

General health services for offenders, communicable diseases and forensic mental health

Culture and Heritage

Fitness and recreation implications

Customs

Border control of prescription medicines

Education

Preventative health and health promotion, support for children with health issues

Education Review Office

Health programmes in schools

Environment

Impact of pollution and hazardous substances

Fisheries

Impact of marine pollution and hazardous substances

Foreign Affairs and Trade, including NZAID

International issues and obligations

Health

Implications for District Health Boards

Housing New Zealand Corporation

Public health issues

Internal Affairs

Role of local government, gambling issues, community and voluntary sector implications

Justice

Human rights, medico/legal issues, privacy issues, impact on coroners

Labour

Hazardous substances, injury prevention and rehabilitation

Land Information New Zealand

Land transactions and management issues, implications for contaminated sites

Ministry of Youth Development (Ministry of Social Development)

Initiatives that impact on child and youth development

New Zealand Food Safety Authority (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

Hazardous substances, food borne illness issues

Office for Disability Issues (Ministry of Social Development)

Disability support services, targeted social assistance, health and mental health of disabled people, medico/legal and human rights issues

Office of Ethnic Affairs (Department of Internal Affairs)

Ethnic community health, public health, cultural public services, information collection, health promotion issues

Pacific Island Affairs

Child health issues with an emphasis on primary care

Research, Science and Technology

Health and social research, drug research/pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology and bioethics issues

Social Development

Targeted social assistance (eg community services card)

Sport and Recreation New Zealand

Fitness and recreation issues

Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)

Implications for Maori, rural communities, child health issues, pollution, public health issues, human rights, legal issues, capacity building in Maori and Pacific communities

Tertiary Education Commission

Research implications for tertiary education organisations

Transport

Environmental health, transport accident prevention