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2006
October
Care and Support in the Community Setting
July
Care and Support in the Community Setting: Discussion Paper
Summary of the National Guidelines for the Promotion of Healthy Working Environment
May
Strategic Principles For Workforce Development In New Zealand
HWAC Fifth Annual Report to the Minister of Health
April
National Guidelines for the Promotion of Healthy Working Environments A Framework for the Health and Disability Support Sector (PDF, 1.5 MB)
National Guidelines for the Promotion of Healthy Working Environments A Framework for the Health and Disability Support Sector is HWAC's report to the Minister on best practice for healthy working environments. It reflects the importance of a healthy working environment for staff including six core principles:
- Organisational Culture
- Leadership and Decision-Making
- Change Management
- Information and Knowledge-Sharing
- Career Development
- Employee Recognition
2005
May
Fit for purpose and for practice: a review of the medical workforce in New Zealand considers the medical workforce in the context of the health workforce as a whole.
Submission are due by 29 July.
2004
December
HWAC Fourth Annual Report to the Minister of Health (PDF, 98 kB)
This is the fourth annual report of the Health Workforce Advisory Committee (HWAC). The report presents the work of HWAC in 2004 and also that of the Māori Health and Disability Workforce Sub-Committee and the Medical Reference Group. Both of these committees started their work programme in 2004 and are contributing towards our collective goal of helping to build a responsive and empowered health workforce for New Zealand.
June
Workforce Directions - Issue 1 - June 2004 (PDF, 142 kB)
Health workforce issues remain our biggest challenge to creating a unique New Zealand health system, offering quality, accessible services to improve health outcomes for everyone.
If you would like to subscribe to Workforce Directions in either hardcopy or electronically, email us at hwac@moh.govt.nz, type 'subscribe' in the subject heading, enter your current contact details and click send. If you no longer wish to receive Workforce Directions, enter 'unsubscribe' in the subject heading, enter your details and click send
2003
December
HWAC Third Annual Report to the Minister of Health (PDF, 963kB)
This is the third annual report of the Health Workforce Advisory Committee (HWAC). The committee achieved a major milestone in August 2003 with the presentation to the Minister of Health of The New Zealand Health Workforce Future Directions – Recommendations to the Minister of Health 2003. This advice followed the committee's earlier publications, a Stocktake report on the issues and capacity of the New Zealand health workforce as at 2001 and a discussion document in October 2002 The New Zealand Health Workforce: Framing future directions. The latter explored six strategic areas identified for workforce development and proposed next steps for consideration by the sector.
August
Future Directions – Recommendations to the Minister of Health 2003 is HWAC's third report to the Minister and recommends strategies to develop health and disability workforce capacity.
Future Directions consolidates the committee's work to date and incorporates feedback from submissions on the Framing Future Directions Discussion Document and the summit held in March 2003. The recommendations to the Minister of Health, as set out in Future Directions, represent a significant milestone for HWAC and enable workforce development to be on the agenda of key stakeholders.
In addition to the six priority areas discussed at the summit, HWAC has amalgamated the research and evaluation recommendations into a seventh priority area for health and disability workforce development.
The challenge for health and education organisations is to use these recommendations strategically, as a platform for health workforce development initiatives.
March
The New Zealand Health Workforce - Framing Future Directions (PDF, 215 kB)
Analysis of Submissions and Draft Recommendations to the Minister of Health for Health Workforce Development
2002
December
HWAC Second Annual Report to the Minister of Health (PDF, 106 kB)
October
The New Zealand Health Workforce - Framing Future Directions - discussion document
April
The New Zealand Health Workforce: A Stocktake of Issues and Capacity 2001
2001
December
HWAC First Annual Report to the Minister of Health
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