Links
You may find some of the following links useful.

District Health Boards in Auckland
Waitemata DHB
http://www.waitematadhb.govt.nz/

Auckland DHB -
http://www.adhb.govt.nz/

Counties Manakau DHB
http://www.cmdhb.org.nz/

Note: HealthWEST’s contract is with the Waitemata District Health Board

General Health Organisations

Ranui Health Information Centre
http://www.ranui.org.nz/page.php?view=hic

Residential Care Line
http://www.adhb.govt.nz/rcline/

Waitakere Youth Services 2008 Directory

Waitakere Youth Services Directory

Ministry of Health
The Ministry's home page is at
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf

The Ministry's primary care page is at
http://www.moh.govt.nz/primaryhealthcare

The Ministry's Health e-news newsletter is at
www.moh.govt.nz/publications/newsletters

Palliative Care

Hospice New Zealand
http://www.hospice.org.nz/

Patient / Consumer Advocacy
The Health & Disability Commissioner
http://www.hdc.org.nz/

The Disabled Persons Assembly
http://www.dpa.org.nz/

Age Concern
http://www.ageconcern.org.nz/

Professional Bodies
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practice
http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/

The Medical Council of New Zealand
http://www.mcnz.org.nz/

The New Zealand Medical Association
http://www.nzma.org.nz/

The Nursing Council of New Zealand
http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation
http://www.nzno.org.nz/

College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ)
http://www.nurse.org.nz/index.html

PHO Organisations
IPAC
http://www.ipac.org.nz/index.aspx

HealthWEST is a member of IPAC who undertakes a large amount of negotiation at a national level on behalf of its member PHOs.