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National Health Emergency Plan

Date of publication: December 2008


Summary of publication

The National Health Emergency Plan:

  • Outlines the structure of emergency management in New Zealand and how the health and disability sector fits within it, and provides a high-level description of responsibilities held by local and regional groupings compared to those held at the national level by the Ministry
  • Provides the health and disability sector with guidance and strategic direction on its approach to planning for and responding to health emergencies in New Zealand
  • Provides other organisations and government agencies with contextual information on emergency management in the health sector and the structure the health and disability sector uses in response to an emergency.


Related information

Emergency Management
Communicable Diseases

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Date of publication (hard copy): December 2008

ISBN 978-0-478-31869-2 print
ISBN 978-0-478-31870-8 online

HP number: 4722

Citation: Ministry of Health. 2008. National Health Emergency Plan. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

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