Accountability and Funding

Nationwide Service Framework Library website - www.nsfl.health.govt.nz

What is the Nationwide Service Framework Library website?
The nationwide service framework library (NSFL) is a collection of guidelines and requirements to ensure that New Zealand public health services are provided to an agreed level of nationwide consistency.

The website address is: www.nsfl.health.govt.nz

Why is nationwide consistency important?
The Ministry of Health sets minimum expectations in certain areas of planning and service delivery to ensure that there is a level of nationwide consistency in the provision of core public health services.

Nationwide consistency is also important so that the plans and performance of each District Health Board can be compared.

What is included in the Nationwide Service Framework Library?
The NSFL contains both mandatory and non-mandatory information.

Mandatory areas of NSFL:

Accountability Documents

Current DHB Planning Package: District Annual Plan (DAP) Guidelines, Statement of Intent (SOI) Guidelines, Operational Policy Framework (OPF), Service Coverage Schedule (SCS), DHB Reporting Requirements
Crown Funding Agreement (CFA)
Health Needs Assessment (HNA)
Hospital Benchmark Information (HBI)

Financial Information

Financial standards and guidelines: Requirements and guidelines for using financial templates, Common Chart of Accounts, Common Costing Standards
Financial planning templates: DAP financial template, DAP revenue reconciliation template, Mental health financial plan template
Financial reporting templates: Monthly reporting templates, Quarterly mental health financial report template
Reference material: IDF methodology notes, Purchase unit data dictionary

Service Specifications

Service Change

Non-mandatory areas of NSFL:

General Information

Resources

Diagrams of DHB Accountability Arrangements
Guidelines for DHBs
Provider Quality Specifications (PQS)
Quickplace websites for DHBs

Groups & Committees

NSFL governance
Password required. Please email: nsfl@moh.govt.nz

Shared Learning

Who can access the Nationwide Service Framework Library?
Most sections of the NSFL are freely available to members of the public on this website.

Some areas of the NSFL are password-protected. If you are an employee of a DHB, a service provider, a shared support agency, DHBNZ or the Ministry of Health and require access to protected areas, please email: nsfl@moh.govt.nz the website administrator for a logon.

Page last updated: 11 December 2007