Part Two: Current consultations
This is the Office's email update of 25 November 2009.
10: PHARMAC consumer engagement discussion document.
PHARMAC currently has a consumer engagement discussion document out for submission. The document is broad and covers the field from theoretical principles for engagement to an outline of PHARMAC's current mechanisms for consumer engagement. Submissions are due on or before 4 December 2009.
11: Research on circles of support
Ainslee Gee is a student studying towards a Masters in social science through Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She is interested in being in contact with disabled people who have a circle of support or know of someone who does. A 'Circle of Support' is a group of people who have been invited to meet on a regular basis to support a friend or family member. She is doing research and is interested in people sharing their stories with her.
Further information:
Email: mailto:ainsliegee@hotmail.com
Phone: 021 809 730 or 09 636 0351
Approved by the AUT Ethics Committee on 23/08/09 AUTEC Reference number: 09/63. Project Supervisor: Gabriele Schaelfer
Ph: 921 9999 extn: 8410, email: gabriele.schaefer@aut.ac.nz
12: Prisoners with disabilities project
There is still a chance to provide information into the National Health Committee's project on Health of Prisoners and their Families - closing date 14 December 2009. The National Health Committee provides advice on disability support services and access to health care for disabled people.
The National Health Committee is interested in feedback:
- from anyone who has worked with or assisted a prisoner with a disability either before or after their release from prison
- or a family member with a disability of a prisoner.
It does not have to be a formal briefing.
Liza Wilcox is the project manager. She would like to hear from anyone involved in supporting a deaf prisoner or family member of a prisoner to get a sense of the main issues and key obstacles about support and participation in prison, prisoners reintegrating within the community and problems faced by their families.
Further information:
Liza Wilcox, Senior Policy Analyst
National Health Committee
Level 1, No 1 The Terrace, PO Box 5013, Wellington
Phone: 04 816 2520
Fax: 04 496 2191
Email: mailto:liza_wilcox@nhc.govt.nz
13: Discussion paper on the telecommunications relay and video relay services
The Ministry for Economic Development would like to hear from users of the Telephone Relay Service and the Video Relay Service and other interested people on the future provision of communications services for Deaf, hearing impaired, speech impaired and Deafblind. The discussion document covers such topics as barriers to usage, emerging technologies, other services similar to the relay service and funding. The executive summary is available on the website in New Zealand Sign Language.
Submissions on the discussion document should be made to Ministry of Economic Development by 16 December 2009. Public briefings, with New Zealand Sign Language interpreters, were held during November.