PRIMHD

PRIMHD (pronounced ‘primed’) is the Ministry of Health’s national collection of activity and outcomes data. It stands for ‘Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data’. DHBs and NGOs provide HoNOS data to the Ministry of Health.

This data is used to report on what services are being provided, who is providing the services, and what outcomes are being achieved for tāngata whai ora across New Zealand’s mental health sector.

This information enables better quality service planning and decision making by mental health and addiction service providers at local, regional and national levels.

• For details on the adult, forensic, and child and adolescent key performance indicators (KPIs) which mental health services are collecting and using, visit the Key Performance Indicators website.
• For details on the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) visit the HoNOS family of measures page.
• For details on the Alcohol and Other Drug Measure (ADOM) visit the ADOM page.
• View a PRIMHD activity collection and use guide, the purpose of which is to improve national consistency in the collection of PRIMHD activity type codes, also known as T Codes.