Report of the Department of Health / New Zealand.

  • New Zealand. Department of Health.
Date:
[1976]
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Credit: Report of the Department of Health / New Zealand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Venereal disease presents a continuing problem with a substantial increase in the number of cases of gonorrhoea notified in 1975. Family Health (p. 27) There has been an increase in the number of aural toilet clinics in areas where there is an established need. Observation and handicapped children’s registers will improve the surveillance of children at risk or in greatest need. Dental Health (p. 38) A project designed to assess the full potential of auxiliary workers in a dental team has commenced at the North Canterbury Hospital Board where two school dental nurses have been attached to the Dental Department. Hospitals (p. 58) A committee to assess the progress made in the development of health centres has been set up. Committed projects will proceed, while new projects will be deferred until the committee has reported. Ambulance Services (p. 61) The restructured Ambulance Transport Advisory Board has met and defined its philosophy and objectives. Improved standards of training are the first objectives. The regional committee system is working well. Physiotherapy (p. 69) The control of the New Zealand School of Physiotherapy was trans¬ ferred from the Otago Hospital Board to the Otago Polytechnic. The first graduates qualified from the Auckland School of Physio¬ therapy in November 1975. Mental Health (p. 70) The Minister’s approval for the Princess Margaret Hospital, Christ¬ church, to operate for the temporary care of patients under certificate marks an important step forward towards the wider use of general hospital psychiatric units in providing for the total range of acute psychiatric disorders. The maximum security unit at Lake Alice has completed 10 years’ operation and a report on its 10 years of service is being prepared. Practice Nurses The number of nurses employed in general practices under either the urban or rural practice nurse schemes has increased from 160 in March 1975 to 299 in March 1976. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH World Health Organisation The Director-General of Health was the chief New Zealand delegate to the twenty-eighth World Health Assembly held at Geneva in May