other sections (eg, specialist medical and surgical services, DSS). Diagnostic, therapeutic and support services are provided by personnel who are not doctors (eg, dieticians, physiotherapists, laboratory technicians, medical radiation technologists and nurses). The Ministry is working closely with DHBs to develop consistent national access criteria and standards for community services, and to remove discrepancies between what is available for people eligible for DSS and people who are not eligible for DSS but have an assessed need for support that may not be available within health services. Range of services Diagnostic, therapeutic and support services funded by the DHB include, but are not limited to: allergy testing assistance with daily living, including home help, personal care and meals on wheels audiology community nursing both general and specialist services – community oxygen therapy continence education and consumable services diagnostic imaging services (eg, X-rays, ultrasound scans), specifically including diagnostic mammography for symptomatic women diagnostic mammography for asymptomatic women regardless of age who have any of the following: a previous breast cancer a mother or sister with pre-menopausal breast cancer or bilateral breast cancer a breast histology demonstrating an at-risk lesion (eg, atypical hyperplasia) positron emission tomography (PET) scans in line with national clinical indications dietary and nutritional counselling electro-diagnostic imaging (eg, electrocardiograms (ECGs) andelectroencephalograms(EEGs)) laboratory tests and services, including collecting, transporting and analysing specimens, and reporting results mortuary services occupational therapy physiotherapy podiatry services pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) speech language therapy social work stomal therapy services smoking cessation services. In relation to the above services, each DHB funds all required materials, resources and health professional services as follows. Mortuary services DHBs must ensure the ongoing availability of services and facilities to appropriately support the provision of coronial and medical post-mortems.
other sections (eg, specialist medical and surgical services, DSS). Diagnostic, therapeutic and support services are provided by personnel who are not doctors (eg, dieticians, physiotherapists, laboratory technicians, medical radiation technologists and nurses). The Ministry is working closely with DHBs to develop consistent national access criteria and standards for community services, and to remove discrepancies between what is available for people eligible for DSS and people who are not eligible for DSS but have an assessed need for support that may not be available within health services. Range of services Diagnostic, therapeutic and support services funded by the DHB include, but are not limited to: allergy testing assistance with daily living, including home help, personal care and meals on wheels audiology community nursing – both general and specialist services community oxygen therapy continence education and consumable services diagnostic imaging services (eg, X-rays, ultrasound scans), specifically including diagnostic mammography for symptomatic women diagnostic mammography for asymptomatic women regardless of age who have any of the following: a previous breast cancer a mother or sister with pre-menopausal breast cancer or bilateral breast cancer a breast histology demonstrating an at-risk lesion (eg, atypical hyperplasia) positron emission tomography (PET) scans in line with national clinical indications dietary and nutritional counselling electro-diagnostic imaging (eg, electrocardiograms (ECGs) andelectroencephalograms(EEGs)) laboratory tests and services, including collecting, transporting and analysing specimens, and reporting results mortuary services occupational therapy physiotherapy podiatry services pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) speech language therapy social work stomal therapy services smoking cessation services. In relation to the above services, each DHB funds all required materials, resources and health professional services as follows. Mortuary services DHBs must ensure the ongoing availability of services and facilities to appropriately support the provision of coronial and medical post-mortems.