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• Dr Leona Wilson awarded ANZCAs highest honour

  Dr Leona Wilson awarded ANZCAs highest honour

  18th Jun 2013, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee

  Dr Leona Wilson, chair of the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee, was recently awarded the Robert Orton Medal for distinguished service to anaesthesia.

• Hon Tony Ryall address to the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee workshop

  Hon Tony Ryall address to the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee workshop

  13th Jun 2013, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee

  Speech notes from Hon Tony Ryall and his opening address to the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee workshop.

• Reduction in New Zealand’s perinatal-related death rate
  

  Reduction in New Zealand’s perinatal-related death rate

  12th Jun 2013, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee Featured

  Media release for the seventh annual Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee report.

• Sue Matthews receives Queen's Birthday honours

  Sue Matthews receives Queen's Birthday honours

  10th Jun 2013, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  The Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates Sue Matthews on being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health, in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours.

• $18 million extra to help mothers with post natal depression

  $18 million extra to help mothers with post natal depression

  29th May 2013, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee

  Media release from Hon Tony Ryall for Budget 2013: The Government is making a substantial investment in resources to help new mothers suffering with post natal depression and other mental illnesses.

• Housing New Zealand project improves safety for children in driveways

  Housing New Zealand project improves safety for children in driveways

  2nd May 2013, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  Last month, Housing New Zealand began a multi-million dollar fencing and landscaping programme at thousands of properties with children.

• Surgeons welcome latest perioperative mortality report

  Surgeons welcome latest perioperative mortality report

  28th Mar 2013, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee

  Press release from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, welcoming the release of the second Report of the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC).

• Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists welcome POMRC report

  Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists welcome POMRC report

  28th Mar 2013, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee

  The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists welcome the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee's second report.

• Report sheds light on surgery-related deaths
  

  Report sheds light on surgery-related deaths

  27th Mar 2013, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee Featured

  A new report out today sheds light on the death rates from four areas of surgery and anaesthesia, and recommends improvements to the way patients are assessed for risk.

• Lives saved but more action needed to prevent infant and child deaths
  

  Lives saved but more action needed to prevent infant and child deaths

  18th Mar 2013, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee Featured

  The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) estimates nearly 3000 lives have been saved in the past 20 years because of efforts to prevent sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI).