From time to time Women's Health Action will add discussion document, papers or researched comments and submissions on various topics.

Topics posted

The Hype over Herceptin - WHA paper June 2006

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of prescription Medicines in New Zealand Submission on Ministry of Health Discussion Paper 2006 - April 2006

Women’s Health Action Submission to NCW CEDAW Project- NGO Alternative Shadow Report 2007 - May 2006

Women’s Health Action SUBMISSION ON Guidelines on Using Cells from Established Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Research - March 2006

Comment and Letter on Draft Complementary and Unconventional Medicine Guideline - June 2004

Submission on NEAC Discussion Documents - November 2003

Submission on Discussion Document: HIV Screening in Pregnancy - January 2004

Submission on Draft Paper: Boundaries for the doctor-patient relationship - January 2004

Submission ideas from Women's Health Action on the Care of Children Bill - October 2003

Hormone replacement therapy: where are we now ? Sandra Coney, Executive Director, Women's Health Action. Written for New Zealand Pharmacy Magazine - April 2003

Submission from Women's Health Action on Women's Action Plan - March 2003

Report on WHA seminar on Women’s Action Plan, Monday February 17^th 2003 and submission by the women at the consultation

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Pharmaceuticals: A Consumer Perspective from New Zealand by Sandra Coney, Vol. 21 (2) Fall 2002, 213Ð223 Journal of Public Policy & Marketing

Letter to Pharmac re Proposed Sole Supplier Contract with Medisafe (NZ) - Dec 2002

A Submission on the June 2002 Discussion Paper: A Proposal for a Trans Tasman Agency to Regulate Therapeutic Products - Dec 2002

Submission on the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Bill - December 2002

WHA Submission on "Draft Report of a Review of Advertising Therapeutic Products in Australia and New Zealand." The Codd Report - Sept 2002

WHA complaint about Depo-Provera advertisment - decision of Advertising Standards Complaints Board

Learning the Hard Way: Problems in women's cancer screening programmes Sandra Coney, Executive Director, Women's Health Action Women's Health Summit, 21 & 22 November 2001, Wellington

Gender in the health sector Sandra Coney, Executive Director, Women's Health Action Women's Health Summit, 20 & 21 November 2001, Wellington

The future shape of primary health care, WHA submission to MOH

New Zealand Public Health & Disability Bill, submission of WHA

Submission on Current Revised Draft Standard on Informed Consent, Medical Council of New Zealand, 2001

Review of Processes Concerning Adverse Medical Events (Cull report), WHA submission to MOH, May 2001

Health Professionals Competency Assurance Bill Discussion Paper, WHA Submission, November 2000

Health Information & Technology Management Plan, Submission of WHA, 2000

Submission on the Draft Operational Standard for Health and Disability Ethics Committees From the Women's Health Action Trust

Law changes for auditing the National Cervical Screening Programme: How far should they go?

Guidelines for the involvement of consumers in guideline development

Fitness to practice, paper by Judi Strid to Medical Council Seminar, 19 May 1999

Strategies for institutions, agencies and professional organisations to develop working partnerships with the community and consumer groups

Caregivers and Medical Treatment of Children: Parents, children and doctors: Who's got it right?

Guidelines for the involvement of consumers within the health sector

Parental consent for treatment and staff training in neonatal intensive care units

Informed Consent in screening programmes

Brief of Evidence of Sandra Coney Expert Witness for Women's Health Action Trust

The Loss of integrated women's health services and a well women's focus that will result from the implementation of HSDP

Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medicines in New Zealand Submission

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