Healthcare Ethics New Zealand
Certificates · All 18 responsible authorities
Who issues your certificate · New Zealand
Your CPD certificate is issued by Healthcare Ethics Courses
Every course on this site is offered by Healthcare Ethics New Zealand. When you complete one, the certificate is issued by Healthcare Ethics Courses — the parent body of Healthcare Ethics New Zealand and of its sister programmes in Australia, Canada, the United States and Ireland, and the issuer of the certificate in each — recording your name, the course, the CPD hours and the date.
- 2 CPD hours per online course
- 5 CPD hours per face-to-face course
- Certificate on completion
- Parent body and certificate issuer
- Not accredited by any Council or Board
- The same certificate, in the same form, for every course in the catalogue
- Issued and dated when the post-course assessment is complete, and available immediately; emailed after a face-to-face course
At a glance
- Issuer
- Healthcare Ethics Courses — the parent body of Healthcare Ethics New Zealand, and the issuer of every certificate
- Countries
- Parent of the programmes in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United States and Ireland; issues the certificate for each
- Founded
- 2025, by Dr Shehzad Iqbal, who writes every course and facilitates them with Dr Mo Mirza
- What it records
- Your name, the course title, the CPD hours (2 for an online course, 5 for a face-to-face course) and the date of completion
- Offered in New Zealand by
- Healthcare Ethics New Zealand, on this site
- Based
- 119 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5PU, United Kingdom
- Website
- healthcareethicscourses.com
Certificate issued by Healthcare Ethics CoursesRemediation courses for regulatory processes.
In short
What Healthcare Ethics Courses is
Healthcare Ethics Courses is the parent body of Healthcare Ethics New Zealand, and the body that issues the CPD certificate for every course completed on this site. It is not the course provider: the courses for health practitioners in New Zealand are offered by Healthcare Ethics New Zealand. Healthcare Ethics Courses stands behind the sister programmes in Australia, Canada, the United States and Ireland in the same way, and issues the certificate for each. It was founded in 2025 by Dr Shehzad Iqbal.
The division is simple. Healthcare Ethics New Zealand offers the courses to practitioners registered with any of New Zealand’s 18 responsible authorities under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, hosts them, sells them and answers your questions. Healthcare Ethics Courses issues the certificate you receive at the end. Both share the same author, the same address and the same email.
It is a parent body and a certificate issuer, and nothing else. It is not affiliated with, accredited by, or endorsed by any Council, Board or other responsible authority, or by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, and no course from any provider determines the outcome of a notification, a competence review, a Professional Conduct Committee or a Tribunal hearing.
The certificate
What the certificate records
Four things, the same on every certificate, so that a Council or Board, an employer or a Professional Conduct Committee can read it at a glance.
Your name
As entered at purchase. If it needs correcting, write to us before you download the certificate.
The course title
The full title as it appears on this site, so that the subject of the work is unambiguous.
The CPD hours
Every online course carries two hours and every face-to-face course five. How they count towards your own requirement depends on your Council’s or Board’s recertification programme.
The date of completion
The date the post-course assessment was completed, or the date of a face-to-face course. A dated record is what a remediation plan, a portfolio or a written response needs.
The certificate records what you completed and when. Whether it satisfies a particular CPD obligation, or what weight a Council or Board gives it, is for that Council or Board to decide — and we say so on every course page rather than let you assume otherwise.
Two names, one course
Who does what
Healthcare Ethics New Zealand
The New Zealand programme. Offers the courses, hosts them on this site, sells them, and answers questions about which course suits a situation, bulk buying, invoices and licences.
Healthcare Ethics Courses
The parent body of Healthcare Ethics New Zealand, and the issuer of the certificate. It sets the form of the certificate and stands behind it if anyone needs to confirm what was completed.
Dr Shehzad Iqbal
Founder of both, and the author of every course, which he facilitates with Dr Mo Mirza — MBBS, MRCS, MRCGP, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Law and Ethics from the University of Dundee.
Plainly
What the certificate is not
Not accreditation
No New Zealand Council or Board accredits any provider’s CPD courses. A certificate from us records completion; it does not confer approval from any regulator.
Not endorsement
Healthcare Ethics Courses holds an organisational membership of the American Accreditation Association. It is a membership held by the organisation, not accreditation of any course, and it carries no weight with any New Zealand Council or Board.
Not a determinant of outcome
What a Council or Board weighs is your insight, reflection and remediation, evidenced. A certificate is one piece of that evidence, dated. It is not a promise about the result, and no provider can offer one.
Questions
Questions people ask about the certificate
Frequently asked questions
Who issues my certificate?
Healthcare Ethics Courses issues the CPD certificate for every course completed on this site. Healthcare Ethics New Zealand offers the courses, hosts them and provides support; the certificate itself comes from Healthcare Ethics Courses, the parent body.
What does the certificate record?
Your name, the course title, the CPD hours (2 for an online course, 5 for a face-to-face course) and the date of completion. An online certificate is issued on completion of the post-course assessment and is available to download immediately; a face-to-face certificate is emailed after the course. That is what a CPD portfolio, a remediation plan or a written response needs: a dated record of structured work on a named subject.
Is Healthcare Ethics Courses accredited by a Council or Board?
No, and we say so plainly. No New Zealand Council or Board accredits any provider’s CPD courses, so any provider claiming Council or Board accreditation should be treated with suspicion. Healthcare Ethics Courses is the independent parent body and certificate issuer, not a regulator. Each Council and Board sets its own recertification programme, and most recognise self-directed learning of this kind; check the hours and categories against your own Council’s or Board’s programme.
Why are there two names on this site?
Because two things are happening. Healthcare Ethics New Zealand is the New Zealand programme: it offers the courses, sells them, and answers your questions. Healthcare Ethics Courses is the parent body of that programme and the body that issues the certificate. The courses are written by the same author for both.
Can a Council or Board, employer or committee confirm my certificate?
Yes. Anyone who needs to confirm what you completed and when can write to us at the address below. We will confirm the course, the hours and the date against our records. The certificate is a record of completion; it does not claim, and we do not claim, that it determines any regulatory outcome.
How do I contact Healthcare Ethics Courses?
By email at [email protected], or in writing to 119 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5PU, United Kingdom — the same details as for Healthcare Ethics New Zealand. For anything about a course, a purchase, a bulk order or an organisation licence, use the New Zealand contact page.
Find us
Where to reach Healthcare Ethics Courses
The same details as for Healthcare Ethics New Zealand. We cannot advise on the conduct of an individual case.
Address
Healthcare Ethics Courses
119 Marylebone Road
London NW1 5PU
United Kingdom
[email protected]
Usually the quickest route, and it lets you set out the detail. We reply within 30 days and usually much sooner.
Website
healthcareethicscourses.com
For questions about a course or a purchase in New Zealand, use the New Zealand contact page.
The certificate is the last step. Start with the course.
Browse the courses written for your own Council or Board, or tell us what has been raised and we will point you at the right ones.