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Inquiry Into The Aged Care Sector's Capacity To Provide Support Services For Early Onset Neurocognitive Disorders

Thursday, 23 May 2024, 9:53 am | The Health Committee

The Health Committee has opened an inquiry into the current and future capacity of the aged care sector to provide support services to people experiencing early onset neurocognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease. More >>

Interim Report On The Improving Arrangements For Surrogacy Bill Presented To The House

Thursday, 27 October 2022, 3:48 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee has today presented an interim report to the House on the Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill, a Member’s bill in the name of Tāmati Coffey, MP. The interim report has been presented to provide an update on how the committee ... More >>

Have Your Say On A Bill That Seeks To Achieve The Smokefree 2025 Goal

Thursday, 28 July 2022, 10:22 am | The Health Committee

The Health Committee is seeking public submissions on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill. The Government has the goal of reducing daily smoking rates to less than 5 percent across all population groups ... More >>

Have Your Say On A Bill That Seeks To Improve Arrangements For Surrogacy

Thursday, 9 June 2022, 3:08 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee is seeking public submissions on the Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill. At present, the intending parents of a child born through surrogacy do not have any automatic rights. At the time of birth, the child’s legal parents ... More >>

Have Your Say On A Bill That Aims To Support The Public Health Response To COVID-19

Thursday, 30 September 2021, 12:18 pm | The Health Committee

The Chair of the Health Committee, Dr Liz Craig, is seeking public submissions on the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill (No 2). The COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020, which was enacted in May 2020, established a legal framework to ... More >>

Health Committee Calling For Public Submissions On Supplementary Order Paper No. 38

Friday, 11 June 2021, 9:12 am | The Health Committee

The Health Committee has initiated an inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) No. 38 on the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill, so it can seek public feedback on the changes proposed by the SOP. More >>

Have Your Say On A Bill That Would Allow Drug And Substance Checking Services To Operate Legally

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 11:42 am | The Health Committee

The Health Committee is seeking public submissions on the Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Bill (No 2). The bill seeks to minimise drug and substance harm by allowing services that check the composition of drugs and substances to operate legally in ... More >>

Have Your Say On The Contraception, Sterilisation, And Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill

Monday, 22 March 2021, 10:02 am | The Health Committee

The Health Committee is seeking public submissions on the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill. The bill aims to protect the safety and wellbeing, and respect the privacy and dignity, of women accessing abortion facilities ... More >>

Have your say on the Taumata Arowai-the Water Services Bill

Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 3:06 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee has opened for public submissions on the Taumata Arowai-the Water Services Regulator Bill. More >>

Have your say on fair pay for support workers

Monday, 17 June 2019, 5:41 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee is seeking submissions on the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Bill. The bill aims to address historical inequalities and ensure support workers receive fair pay. It seeks to do this by clearly defining the role of support ... More >>

Comment on the Newborn Enrolment with General Practice Bill

Thursday, 21 December 2017, 12:34 pm | The Health Committee

Parliament’s Health Committee is seeking public submissions on the Newborn Enrolment with General Practice Bill. More >>

Health committee report on petition about assisted dying

Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 1:34 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee has presented its report to the House on Petition 2014/18 of Hon Maryan Street and 8,974 others. A copy of the report is available here. More >>

Report: Improving child health outcomes and preventing abuse

Monday, 18 November 2013, 2:59 pm | The Health Committee

A Health Committees report asks the Government to put more focus and investment into the very early years because the returns are far higher. The inquiry makes 12 major recommendations and 130 detailed recommendations to the Government, with timelines ... More >>

Improving child health outcomes and preventing child abuse

Monday, 18 November 2013, 12:06 pm | The Health Committee

Inquiry into improving child health outcomes and preventing child abuse, with a focus from pre-conception until three years of age More >>

Visit of the Health Committee to Australia

Friday, 5 March 2010, 11:09 am | The Health Committee

The New Zealand Parliament Health Select Committee will travel to Australia for four days, from Monday, 8 March 2010, as part of an annual Joint Select Committee Exchange. They will be hosted by the Australian Commonwealth Parliament. More >>

Improving childhood immunisation completion rates

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 1:01 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee has initiated an inquiry into how to improve completion rates of childhood immunisation. More >>

TrnsTasman agency to regulate therapeutic products

Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 10:42 am | The Health Committee

A proposal to regulate complementary healthcare products jointly with Australia should not proceed, a Health Committee report has found. The Government has agreed in principle to a trans-Tasman agency to regulate medicines, medical devices and complementary ... More >>

Select Committe Hearings on Organ Donation

Tuesday, 13 May 2003, 3:44 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Select Committee hearings into the Organ Donor Shortage in New Zealand will resume with the Ministry of Health presenting their evidence. More >>

Inquiry on NZDF personnel exposure to Agent Orange

Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 4:04 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee has agreed to conduct an inquiry into the exposure of New Zealand defence personnel to Agent Orange and other defoliant chemicals during the Vietnam War and any health effects of that exposure. The committee has yet to determine its ... More >>

Health (Screening Programmes) Amendment Bill

Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 9:34 pm | The Health Committee

The Health Committee is inviting public submissions on the Health (Screening Programmes) Amendment Bill. The closing date for submissions is 11 April 2003. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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