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New Standards for the New Year
5th December 2008
On 26 September 2008 the Minister of Health approved the Health and Disability Services Standards 2008 (NZS 8134.2008). The Health and Disability Sector Standards (NZS 8134:2001) and the National Mental Health Sector Standard (NZS 8143:2001) have been amalgamated to significantly reduce duplication between these two previous standards. For services that come under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 these will come into force for Ministry of Health certificates that expire from 1 June 2009. For those providers in the sector that do not come under the Safety Act you are able to use these standards now for certification/accreditation of your service.
Copies of the 2008 Standards are available from Standards New Zealand (www.standards.org.nz).
Also, to assist providers with better understanding the new standards, here at HDANZ we have analysed and compared these standards with the previous set of sector standards. Because our report provides comparison at the criterion level it should complement and dovetail well with the Ministry of Health’s recent publication that provides a comparison at standards level -http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/certification-standards.
To assist with getting on board with the new standards you are welcome to download a copy of our detailed report: HDANZ’s Correlation Report for the new Health and Disability Services Standards NZS 8134.2008
