7 Jun 2021, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The International Forum in the Asia Pacific Region showcases internationally recognised keynotes and addresses regional needs, bringing the best of international learning to the region.
2 Dec 2020, Advance Care Planning
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is hosting a shared decision-making and advance care planning virtual hui for health care workers and managers.
8 Oct 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
An Open Forum featuring international and local speakers who specialise in concepts of resilient health care, and will share their understanding of implementing these concepts within primary and hospital care settings.
24 Aug 2020, Pressure Injury Prevention
The New Zealand Wound Care Society is hosting a webinar during Wound Awareness Week on preventing and managing skin tears.
31 Jul 2020, Primary Care
Whakakotahi is one of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s key initiatives in primary care. A final evaluation of Whakakotahi was completed by Synergia and builds on the annual interim reports completed in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
31 Jul 2020, Primary Care
Wanting better management of her baby daughter’s severe facial eczema was behind a Hamilton practice nurse creating a clinic that is delivering great results for the practice’s under five-year-olds suffering from the painful skin condition.
24 Jul 2020, Building Leadership & Capability
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has partnered with the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance (AICG) to provide eight sponsored places on the online AICG Certificate in Clinical Governance course.
24 Jul 2020, Advance Care Planning
Now more than ever it is important to encourage people to start an advance care plan and think about their future health and wellbeing. Many ACP staff who were seconded to help with the COVID-19 pandemic are coming back into their ACP roles.
23 Jul 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
A survey about people’s experiences using mental health and addiction (MHA) services has found many people felt they were treated with respect and things were well explained to them; but that their cultural and spiritual needs were not always met.
23 Jul 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 2–22 July 2020 is now available online.
22 Jul 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The report Choosing Wisely means Choosing Equity recommends a number of changes to make the Choosing Wisely campaign more effective for Māori.
17 Jul 2020, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is running two webinars to provide guidance to the district health board (DHB) managers and staff responsible for implementing the new consumer engagement quality and safety marker.
17 Jul 2020, Partners in Care
New Zealand has a mixed record when it comes to the rights of disabled people, according to a report from the New Zealand Independent Monitoring Mechanism (IMM) on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
16 Jul 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Jenny MacFadgen talks about how she found the mental health and addiction quality improvement facilitator course, the project she completed and how the overall experience has influenced her work.
16 Jul 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Kerry Weir-Smith talks about how she found the mental health and addiction quality improvement facilitator course, the project she completed and how the overall experience has influenced her work.
16 Jul 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Daniel McClean talks about the mental health and addiction quality improvement facilitator course, the project he completed and how the overall experience has influenced his work.
16 Jul 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Congratulations to the 18 participants who completed this year’s Health Quality & Safety Commission mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement facilitator course.
3 Jul 2020, Pressure Injury Prevention
ACC, together with the New Zealand Wound Care Society (NZWCS), the Health Quality & Safety Commission, and the Ministry of Health, has developed a new set of resources to support the prevention of pressure injuries.
2 Jul 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 11 June–1 July 2020 is now available online.
1 Jul 2020, Primary Care
Join this webinar to get the latest information about gout and its management in Aotearoa New Zealand.