A History of the Medical Council of New Zealand 2015

www.mcnz.org.nz ISSUE 64: September 2016
NEWSLETTER OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND
CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD
Keeping up to date on Council statements and publications
As you may know, Council’s statements are often used by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, Professional Conduct Committees and the Health and Disability Commissioner as a standard by which to measure professional conduct.
Quick links to all Council statements
• Good medical practice
• Medical care
• Good prescribing practice
• Communication and informed consent
• Cultural competence
• Management
• Professionalism
• Patients
• Health and Disability Commissioner
• Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
• Medical Council of New Zealand
Keeping up to date on Council statements and publications
Our statements outline the standards expected of doctors. They aim to assist doctors to provide good medical practice and may be used by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, the Medical Council of New Zealand and the Health and Disability Commissioner as a standard by which doctors’ conduct can be measured.
Establishing the state of medical professionalism in New Zealand and awareness and attitudes towards the Medical Council
This research replicated a survey undertaken with doctors by the Medical Council of Ireland in order to establish the state of medical professionalism in New Zealand and to identify levels of awareness of and attitudes towards the Council among New Zealand doctors.
Looking at the numbers
As part of ensuring that the Council continues
to meet its primary role, we undertook research with doctors, stakeholders and health consumers in 2007, 2010 and again in 2015.
Small steps, big benefits
In September 2015 the Medical Council released a discussion paper I wrote entitled ‘Cultural Competence, Partnership and Health Equity: Professional Obligations Towards Māori Health Improvement.’
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