http://www.oag.govt.nz A list of the reports, articles, and presentations produced by the Office of the Auditor-General that discuss public entities in the health sector or health-related topics. daily 1 2006-12-07T22:57:28Z http://www.oag.govt.nz/2008/prisoners-mental-health March 2008: We conducted a performance audit that focused on the effectiveness of the agencies' systems for delivering mental health services to sentenced and remand prisoners... No publisher yashodha Health Performance audit 2008-03-19T00:53:46Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/auckland-dhbs November 2007: We looked at how conflicts of interest are dealt with in each of the three Auckland District Health Boards (the Auckland DHB, the Counties Manukau DHB, and the Waitemata DHB)... No publisher yashodha Health Performance audit Conflicts of interest 2007-11-07T00:54:38Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/diabetes June 2007: In order to make the programme more effective, improvements need to be made to the quality of programme data and how the data is used. Better use can be made of the data to inform the provision of diabetes care at primary and secondary care levels... No publisher rachael Health Performance audit Central government 2007-06-19T04:24:34Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2006/health October 2006: We undertook this audit to provide Parliament with a better understanding of where the Health Funding Package had been allocated between 2002 and 2005. The Ministry of Health had good documentation to support decisions on allocating the package. However, it is not possible to say from this audit how the Health Funding Package was ultimately spent, because district health boards, and many Ministry directorates, did not keep separate records of Health Funding Package funds... No publisher CJ Wells Funding/grant programmes Health Performance audit Central government 2007-03-02T02:46:54Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2006/wave March 2006: In 2001, the WAVE Report brought together the health sector's recommendations for making more effective use of health information. The WAVE Report envisaged rapid change in 3 to 5 years. We looked at the progress made by the Ministry of Health, District Health Boards, and the health sector... No publisher CJ Wells Performance audit Health Information technology Central government 2007-03-02T02:28:47Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2005/moh December 2005: The findings in this report are a reminder that public entities need to manage contracting for services to ensure two outcomes. The first is that they are receiving value for money. The second is that the risks of actual or perceived impropriety, especially those associated with concurrent or former employment with the entity, are managed in a transparent way... No publisher CJ Wells Inquiry Health Purchasing/contracting Central government Conflicts of interest 2007-03-02T03:33:47Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2005/pharmac May 2005: In October 2003, Pharmac changed the rules for dispensing medicines. It let doctors prescribe that a 90-day supply of certain medicines be dispensed all at once, rather than spread over 3 visits to the pharmacist. Pharmac projected that this could reduce district health boards’ spending on the dispensing fees paid to pharmacists by $132 million over 5 years. We decided to audit this because of the large savings projected, and the effects of the change on patients, doctors, and pharmacists... No publisher CJ Wells Health Performance audit Central government 2007-03-02T03:16:37Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2004/acc April 2004: The organisation is performing better now than it has in the past. Overall, we found no systemic failings in ACC’s case management practices. However, our audit identified areas where improvements can be made for the benefit of both ACC and claimants... No publisher CJ Wells Health Performance audit Central government 2007-03-04T07:16:33Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2003/cervical-follow-up December 2003: The Committee of Inquiry’s report, released in April 2001, made 46 recommendations for future action to improve the Programme. In this follow-up review, we found that progress is continuing to be made in implementing the recommendations... No publisher CJ Wells Health Performance audit Central government 2007-03-04T08:36:17Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2003/hospital-infections June 2003: The idea of patients acquiring an infection as a result of treatment they receive strikes at the core of the health system. The Ministry of Health and DHB staff have acknowledged our audit as providing a baseline from which to improve infection control practices... No publisher CJ Wells Health Performance audit Central government 2007-03-04T08:04:30Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2002/primary-health March 2002: Few of us know the complicated funding and purchasing arrangements that underpin primary health care consultations and how the arrangements have developed - particularly over the last 10 years. This report provides explanation and analysis of what the arrangements look like now... No publisher CJ Wells Health Performance audit Central government Purchasing/contracting 2007-03-01T22:42:48Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/2002/cervical-screening February 2002: The Ministerial Inquiry into the under-reporting of cervical smear abnormalities in the Gisborne Region raised some serious concerns about whether the National Cervical Screening Programme is as effective as it could be. The Committee of Inquiry’s report, released in April 2001, made recommendations for future action to improve the Programme. We examined the progress made and the work remaining to be done to implement the Committee of Inquiry’s recommendations... No publisher CJ Wells Inquiry Health Central government 2007-03-01T22:40:36Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/central-govt/1st-report-2000 March 2000. No publisher CJ Wells Education Health Central government 2007-01-31T20:26:18Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/central-govt/4th-report-1999 October 1999. No publisher CJ Wells B.29 Health Central government 2007-01-26T02:34:13Z Folder http://www.oag.govt.nz/pre-1998/community-care December 1993, ISBN 0 477 02842 X. No publisher rachael Health 2007-03-12T02:39:57Z Page