Current Topic

Change

Open Disclosure

• New policy states more clearly the practice's responsibilities and references legislation.
• New process for managing an open disclosure provides step-by-step instructions to follow, with additional guidance for each step in drop-down boxes.
• Terminology and concepts are introduced from the new National Adverse Events Policy 2023, which must be adopted by July 2024. Initial changes include:
  • Focus changed from being a one-off disclosure of harm to being an ongoing communication.
  • Inclusion of whānau in process.
  • Focus on understanding the patient's experience of harm.
  • Definition of harm broadened to include cultural and spiritual harm.

This page will continue to change as more information about the new framework becomes available.

Emergency Response

All pages in this section have been reviewed and updated, and new pages added.

• Page rewritten and now includes key information from Responding to an Internal Emergency or Community Disaster, which has been removed.
• A drop-box has been added, describing potential community roles.

Business Continuity

• Page rewritten for clarity and to include key information from Contingency Planning, which has been removed.
• A drop-box containing information about essential services has been added.

Evacuation

• Page rewritten to include a drop-box about debriefing for practices who carry out drills, and to incorporate up-to-date links to Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
• Detailed information regarding specific roles have been removed as these are highly specific, and are part of your evacuation scheme. They can be made available for your assessor outside GPDocs.

Emergency Procedures

• New header page linking to emergency procedures pages.
• Blue boxes containing high-level information have been added to those pages where a rapid response may be required.
• A link to the Stress and Well-Being page has been added.

Armed Intruders

• New version of Armed Robbery.
• It has been edited for clarity and to provide better links to other relevant pages in the emergency section.

Bomb Threat

• Page edited for readability and so that key information is more accessible.
• Content regarding suspicious mail moved to a separate page.

Earthquake

• New version of the Earthquake page.
• Rapid Structural Assessment has been removed and a new section, Tsunami risk, added.

Extreme Weather

New page giving guidance on what to do in the event of floods, or high winds.

Fire

Page rewritten for clarity, with key information retained.

Lockdown

• Page rewritten so that key information is easier to find.
• Drop-box explaining full and partial lockdown added.

Power Outage

New page containing guidance in the event of a power outage.

Suspicious Mail

New page containing key, updated information from the previous Bomb Threat page. Links to NZ Police guidance added.

Volcanic Activity

New page giving guidance for those in volcanically active areas.

Emergency Roles and Responsibilities

Page deleted. Key information from this page is now included on the Emergency Response and Business Continuity pages.

Responding to an Internal Emergency or Community Disaster

Page deleted. Key information from this page is now included on the Emergency Response page.

Contingency Planning

Page deleted. Contents merged with Business Continuity and Emergency Response pages.

Adverse Events

• Note added at the top of the page about the new National Adverse Events Policy 2023, which general practice must adopt by July 2024.
• This policy will be reviewed and updated once more details of the new framework are available.

Incidents

• Note added at the top of the page about the new National Adverse Events Policy 2023, which general practice must adopt by July 2024.
• This policy will be reviewed and updated once more details of the new framework are available.

Managing and Reporting Incidents

• Note added at the top of the page about the new National Adverse Events Policy 2023, which general practice must adopt by July 2024.
• This procedure will be reviewed and updated once more details of the new framework are available.

Mandatory and Discretionary Reporting

• Added information about Te Tari Pūreke to the Firearms holder unfit for licence drop down, including a link to information for health practitioners.
• Added a paragraph on what constitutes illegal or suspicious drug seeking to the Illegal or suspicious drug seeking drop down.

Screening and Recall

• Added links to Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme and Universal Newborn Screening Programme.