1 public health bill health select committee pha april 2008
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Public Health Bill Health Select Committee
PHA
April 2008
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5 minutes: 3 things
1. Increase effectiveness - simplify life
2. Te Tiriti o Waitangi
3. Plan for prevention and equity
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NZ Public Health & Disability
Act 2000
Improve,promote &
protect health
Reduce health disparities
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Local Government
Act 2002
Well BeingSocial
CulturalEnvironmental
Economics 3(d)
Public Health Bill
Improve,promote &
protect public health
Equitable health outcomes
cl 3
1. Simplify life for effectiveness
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Public Health functions PHA submission 2.5, p30-33
MoH DHB TA
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Objectives NZPHDA
s22(1)a,e,f,h
Functions PHB s19(1)NZPHDA
s23(1)b,c,g,h,m
Role PHB Part 5LGA s11Duties
PHB s153-159
Functions PHB
s6 Ministers7-16 DG
s17,18 DPH
Responsibilities NZPHDA
s13-18
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Simplify Public Health functions (PHA submission 2.5, p30-33,
Appendix 2)
Use Essential Functions of Public Health terminology (WHO)
Be coherent across legislation
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Don’t trivialise death and disease
Groups & populations
Risks to Public Health
Offensive
One individual- leaking toilet- needing care
Fraud detection
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2. Te Tiriti o Waitangi (PHA submission 2.2, p14-16)
LGA NZPHDA PHB
In order to recognise and respect …the
principles of the Treaty of Waitangi… Māori to contribute to …
decisionmaking…
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S 4 S 4
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Insert new sections into PHB
• Reference to te Tiriti o Waitangi in Part 1 subpart 1
• Require Maori participation in decision making and service provision (as in LGA and NZPHDA)s
• Principles for action that reflect s 3 purpose• Enable iwi authorities /rununga Maori to employ
Designated officers • Training 158 (1) suitably qualified and trained
(including training in Maori public health)
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3. Plan for prevention and equity (PHA submission 3.5, p45-46)
Yes, react to risksOutbreak of meningitis
Border incursion
Malfunctioning sewer
But also look ahead and planNeighbourhoods at high risk?
Can information, support prevent the problem?
Can another agency help?
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Plan for prevention and equity (PHA submission 3.5, p45-46)
LGA NZPHDA PHB
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s 76-97 s 8s38-40National
strategyStrategic plansNeeds assessmentHealth outcomesConsultationAnnual plans
LTCCPsCommunity
outcomesConsultation
Annual plans
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Principles to guide planning(PHA submission 3.1, p38-39)
Apply principles to the whole Bill
• Māori self management cl 3(1) • Empowerment cl 80 (a) (b) (d); cls 92, 93 • Precautionary principle cl 80 (e) (f) (g)
• Equity cl 3(1)
• Proportionality cl 3(3)c, 91
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Plan for prevention and equity (PHA submission 3.5, p45-46)
Insert cross references in
• PHA Bill
• NZ Public Health and Disability Act (2000)
• Local Government Act (2002)
Refer to Public Health Bill responsibilities
(eg that public health is explicitly included as a community wellbeing)
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Information for planning (PHA submission 3.4, p41-44)
MoH DHB TA
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Outcomes/Status
Hazards /risks
Determinants
Interventions
Community outcomes
Situations injurious (PHB)
Community wellbeing
Health status
Notifications
}Factors }adversely }affecting }health}status
Annual Report (health of all NZ .. section)
Register of regulated activities
(collect data individual health ) ?
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Information for planning (PHA submission 3.4, p41-44)
LGA NZPHDA PHB
DHB can request, TA can charge
for a report
s 91-92 s 11, 23
Assess, monitor
Health statusFactors affecting NeedsConsultation
Report, Inspect
Community outcomes Situations injurious
Consultation
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Information for planning (PHA submission 3.4, p41-44)
Annual Report on the State of Public Health (s11) explicitly covers
• public health outcomes
• hazards to public health
• determinants of public health
• interventions.
Both DHBs and Territorial Authorities provide meaningful information to the DG.
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Co-operative agreements LGA NZPHDA
PHB
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s 14(1)e S23(1)b
Co-operative and collaborative
Collaborate and co-operate
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Information for planning (PHA submission 3.4, p41-44)
Encourage co-operation and collaboration at the district and region level to
assess /investigate /inspect /report on
• public health outcomes
• hazards to public health
• determinants of public health
• interventions.
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Advice for planning (PHA submission 3.3, p 40-41)
MoH DHB TAPHAC
s 14 NZPHDA
CPHAC s 34 NZPHDA
Director PHcl 18 PHB
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Director PH cl 17 PHB
EHOcl 159 b,c,d
PHB
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Advice for planning (PHA submission 3.3, p 40-41)
• Either amend NZPHDA (s14 and s34) • Or insert in PHB (cl 6 and cl 19)
Both PHAC (s14) and CPHACs (s34) advise on(a) public health issues, including factors underlying the
health of people and communities:(b) the promotion of public health:(c) the monitoring of public health:
where public health includes roles and functions under both NZPHDA and PHB
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Advice for planning (PHA submission 3.3, p 40-41)
Insert in PHB cl 19(1)a(i) appoint a District Director of Public Health
Insert in PHB cl 19(4) The District Director of Public Health
– advise the DHB Chief Executive on matters relating to public health (etc cf cl 17)
– Independently advise and/or reporting to the Board on any matter relating to public health (etc cf cl 18)
– Independently advise and/or report to the TA Chief executive and/or Board on any matter relating to public health (etc cf cl 17,18)
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Advice for planning (PHA submission 3.3, p 40-41)
Clarify PHB cl 159 b, c, d
The Environmental Health Officer– advise the TA Chief Executive on matters
relating to public health (etc cf cl 17)– Independently advise and/or report to the
Territorial Authority on any matter relating to public health (etc cf cl 18)
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Strategy for planning(PHA submission 3.5, p45)
Either amend NZPHDA (s8) Or insert in PHB (cl 6)
The Minister must determine a strategy for public health, called the New Zealand disability strategy, to provide the framework for the Government’s overall direction of the public health sector
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4. Enable controls of NCD risk factors
Ensure Act enables regulation-making power
Enable mandatory Health Impact Assessment
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5. Retain a few things
Continue to enable screening of children at school without explicit parental consent
– Children don’t miss out– Allow parents to “opt-off” – as with
immunisation records – Maintain current practice of seeking consent
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Retain a few things
Regulation making power #1 under the Health Act 1956, to “improve, promote and protect health”
Mysteriously absent from Public Health Bill.