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Waste management Other regulatory activities. permissions. Maintain awareness of factors influencing environmental health. Maintain an appropriate and efficient system for receiving, considering and responding to complaints from the public about environmental health issues. Recover costs of environmental health service provision to the extent provided for by legislation. Maintain profiles of activities, facilities or premises of environmental health significance. Maintain information systems for environmental health programme activity as a basis for reporting to the purchaser and regulator and to assist with compliance audits Provide all information and manage the local operation of databases and information systems such as EMIS, HSDIRT, drinking-water database, national mosquito surveillance etc. Support the protection and promotion of environmental health by DHBs, primary care providers, Crown entities, iwi, local authorities, other agencies and stakeholders and encourage these agencies and organisations to build healthy public policy. Provide advice, information and education to the public, including Māori, about environmental health issues and their to water supplies, natural disasters, hazardous substances incidents, fires and injuries, ill travellers, interceptions and incursions, ionising radiation incidents, contaminated sites, natural or artificial contamination of recreational waters, sewage spills, and other emergent issues. Formal system in place for receiving, considering and responding to complaints about suspected environmental health hazards and risks. Formal networks developed with border agencies, local government, and other key stakeholders to provide routine updates on environmental health issues and to provide alerts for emergent issues. Networks developed and maintained to reach individuals, organisations, facilities or premises of environmental health significance. Information systems in place for environmental Medical practitioners understand the importance of notifying suspected or confirmed hazardous substances injuries National databases and information systems such as WINZ, HSDIRT, and National Mosquito Database etc. are maintained locally and data is entered to meet timeframes and quality standards required. Advice, information and education provided to the public is consistent with Ministry of Health policy, objective and evidence-based. Public health risk assessments are undertaken to identify premises, activities, organisations and policies of significance to the management of environmental health risks
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