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The Health Quality & Safety Commission Te Tāhū Hauora is a Crown Agent that monitors quality and safety across the health system.
We work with other government agencies, health providers, professional bodies and consumers to improve safety and quality.
Our goal is quality health for all New Zealanders.
We provide insights, expert advice, data and intelligence.
We strengthen patient feedback systems, build sector capability to learn from harm, support clinical governance and review mortality to reduce avoidable deaths.
Through our work we reduce the number of people harmed, save lives, and generate financial savings in the health sector.
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Trauma project - expressions of interest
An opportunity for trauma service and community rehabilitation providers to be part of a quality improvement project focused on strengthening post-acute rehabilitation and support for patients (tūroro) with major trauma.
Aotearoa Patient Safety Day 2025 Te Rā Haumaru Tūroro o Aotearoa
Aotearoa Patient Safety Day is a commitment to consumers and healthcare workers that our health services strive to provide the best and safest care possible, every time. This year we will be celebrating the day on Monday, 17 November.
Cultural considerations when caring for kaumātua
The cultural considerations video series is for health professionals caring for kaumātua.
New resources to help health care workers stay alert for sepsis
In the lead up to World Sepsis Day (13 September) we've published a suite of new resources to help health workers in hospitals identify and treat sepsis early.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in people aged 45 and over
The goal of this Atlas domain is to highlight variation in the prevalence, admissions, and medicine use of people estimated to have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).