Medsafe has opened a consultation on proposals to reduce barriers to accessing clozapine, a medicine used to treat treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

A formal regulatory inspection of Canterbury-based mental health services has set out a series of recommended changes for Health New Zealand and is continuing checks over the next 12 months.

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

The Public Health Guidance for Hairdressers and Barbers outlines practical actions that hairdressers and barbers can take to reduce the spread of infection.

In addition to the briefings published below, we also publish additional information alongside Cabinet material, including briefings to Ministers. These can be found at Information releases.Some parts ...

Residential disability services must notify the Ministry of Health before undertaking any of the following changes: changing patient or client capacity transferring existing clinical services ...

We proactively release advice that the Associate Minister of Health has received from the Ministry of Health as part of our commitment to openness and transparency.

The New Zealand Health Survey is a key tool for monitoring smoking and vaping among people aged 15 years and older. Questions on smoking have been included annually since 2011/12. Questions on vaping ...

This discussion document considers options for modernising New Zealand’s regulation of the health workforce. It supports public consultation on this topic.

This review updates the evidence regarding community water fluoridation published since the 2021 report from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor.

In February 2024, the High Court directed the Director-General of Health to assess whether each of the 14 directions to fluoridate one or more water supplies made in 2022 were, in terms of section 5 ...

This literature review summarises the latest national and international evidence of the safety and long-term impacts of puberty blockers on adolescents.