14606 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Health

14606 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Health: What access, if any, do staff at the Minister's departments, if any, have to academic databases, and what are these databases, if any?

Hon Simeon Brown: I am advised that Ministry staff have access to a number of databases to assist in delivering access to timely, quality healthcare for all New Zealanders. This includes this following. • CCDM: Control of Communicable Diseases Manual • Cochrane library • Embase • Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) • INNZ (National Library of New Zealand) • Medline (Ovid) • Medscape • Merck manuals online medical library • New Zealand Formulary (NZF) • OECD health data • OECD iLibrary • O.N.E. OECD • Policy Commons • Proview • PsycINFO (Ovid) • PubChem • PubMed • Scopus • Social Science Research Network (SSRN) • Westlaw NZ