10 Dec 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
'Getting better with evidence: Experiences of putting evidence into practice’ is a one-day conference where delegates can learn from experts about putting evidence into practice, and discuss the challenges currently being faced in health care.
18 Nov 2019, Building Leadership & Capability
Save the date! Helen Bevan, chief transformation officer at NHS Horizons, returns to Wellington on 18 November 2019.
12 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Mataora: Encounters between Medicine and the Arts is a brand new event exploring a view of medicine and health that values imaginative and philosophical responses along with clinical and scientific thinking.
10 Oct 2019, Building Leadership & Capability
The Commission is hosting its 5th annual scientific symposium featuring keynote speakers, peer-reviewed papers, interactive sessions and learning and networking opportunities.
1 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
We are pleased to announce the visit of international trauma leader, Professor Karim Brohi, in Wellington and Christchurch, 1-2 October 2019.
19 Sep 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 29 August to 18 September 2019 is now available online.
19 Sep 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Design for Health Symposium 2019 is a gathering of perspectives to explore the emerging field of ‘Design for Health’—what it is, what the challenges are, and what the opportunities might be in the future.
18 Sep 2019, 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.
18 Sep 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Healthcare Human Factors Symposium and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of New Zealand's 21st conference will be held from 18–20 September 2019 in Auckland.
18 Sep 2019, Aged Residential Care
As Aotearoa’s aged population increases, the recognition and treatment of frailty has become crucial to all health care environments.
17 Sep 2019, Patient Safety Week
World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2019, is being marked for the first time across the globe today.
10 Sep 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
A third national survey of district health board (DHB) surgical staff shows that in most instances people work together as a well-coordinated team.
3 Sep 2019, Primary Care
Representatives from the Health Quality & Safety Commission profiled a wide range of our primary care-related work at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioner’s conference in July.
2 Sep 2019, Patient Safety Week
The focus of this year’s Patient Safety Week | Wiki Haumaru Tūroro (3–9 November) is understanding bias in health care.
2 Sep 2019, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) is calling for mental health and addiction services to act as allies for family violence victims.
29 Aug 2019, Patient Deterioration
The Health Quality & Safety Commission would like to congratulate Wairarapa, West Coast and Taranaki district health boards (DHBs) on implementing the national maternity early warning system (MEWS) hospital-wide in July and August.
29 Aug 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Southern District Health Board recently joined other district health boards (DHBs) in formally introducing the Choosing Wisely approach. Choosing Wisely encourages consumers and health professionals to discuss whether a particular test, treatment...
29 Aug 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 8 to 28 August 2019 is now available online.
27 Aug 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The provisional rates of suicide released yesterday continue to raise serious concerns for the Suicide Mortality Review Committee (SuMRC).
23 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The second learning session for Connecting Care: Improving service transitions/Te tūhono i ngā manaakitanga, te whakapai ake i ngā whakawhitinga ratonga was held in Auckland on 7 August and Wellington on 8 August.