On 16 November 2009 private providers began charging patients a co-payment. Until further notice DHBs with an ACC physiotherapy contract are not to institute co-payments for physiotherapy services to ACC clients. Appendix 3: Gateway Assessment Programme The Gateway Assessment Programme is a comprehensive health and education assessment programme for children and young people engaged with Child, Youth and Family (CYF), a business group within the Ministry of Social Development. The Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and CYF have collaborated on policy to support the programme, and report at ministerial level on joint outcomes. The overall objective is to enhance the child or young person’s physical, mental, educational and social wellbeing by identifying unmet need and referring them services to address these needs. CYF contracts with all DHBs for the service. DHBs are required to employ a Gateway Assessment Coordinator and will ensure the Gateway Assessment Coordinator and any other DHB staff involved in the Gateway Assessment Programme follow the specified process, as outlined in the service specification. The (CYF 2011) provides the detail and tools needed to implement and provide the service. The health assessment component is delivered by a registered health practitioner who is experienced in child and/or youth physical and/or mental health assessment. Within the education sector, teachers, resource teachers learning and behaviour (RTLBs) or early childhood education providers provide a profile of the child or young person’s educational engagement and achievement, which is an integral component of the Gateway Assessment. CYF social workers provide the context and history of the care and protection issues of the child or young person. The Gateway Assessment Coordinator collates this information along with any information received from Accident Compensation Corporation, Plunket, primary health care services and New Zealand Health Information Service (as appropriate) and books the health assessment with the appropriate health practitioner. Once the Gateway health assessment has been completed, the Gateway Assessment Coordinator combines the information, writes a health report and creates an Interagency Services Agreement that is forwarded on to the child or young person’s CYF social worker. The CYF social worker discusses the recommendations in the report with the child or young person and their family and whānau, and the report contributes to the broader plan for the child or young person. The Gateway Assessment Coordinator reviews the Interagency Services Agreement three months after the health assessment with the CYF social worker and the relevant education sector representative.
3.11 Pharmaceutical service coverage Updated. 3.14 Fracture liaison service DHBs must deliver secondary preventative to prevent future fractures. 3.15 Suicide prevention DHBs are expected implement the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006–2016 and the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2013–2016. 3.16 National Health Committee 4 Individual service coverage schedules Summary schedule: Health and support services for children and young people New summary schedule gives an overview of all services available for children and young people. 4.2 Diagnostic, therapeutic and support services – personal health Notification of policy review. 4.3 Disability support services Clarified needs assessment and service coordination. New family funded care section. 4.4 Emergency ambulance services Clarified. 4.6 Immunisation services Clarified. New coordination of immunisation services. 4.7 Long-term support services for people with chronic health conditions Revised to clarify responsibilities between DSS Group, health services for older people and health services for people with chronic health conditions. 4.8 Maternity services Minor updates. 4.10 (Renamed and renumbered) Oral health services Clarified.