Statement of Intent 2011 to 2014
13 Jul 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission's Statement of Intent has been tabled in Parliament and is now available.
13 Jul 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission's Statement of Intent has been tabled in Parliament and is now available.
5 Jul 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Medical Council News is now available. This issue includes a viewpoint piece from Health Quality & Safety Commission Chair Professor Alan Merry (pg 4).
4 Jul 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission July Newsletter is now available.
28 Jun 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Coverage from the New Zealand Herald of child injuries and deaths in driveways.
3 Jun 2011, Medication Safety
Reducing medication errors is the focus of a factsheet released today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
13 May 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee is calling for greater efforts and awareness to protect young children from the risks of slow moving vehicles, especially in household driveways.
13 May 2011, Medication Safety
The Health Quality & Safety Commission says several programmes are underway to reduce medication errors.
11 May 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates Hawke’s Bay paediatrician Russell Wills on his appointment as the new Children’s Commissioner.
11 May 2011, Infection Prevention & Control
Nurses are at the forefront of quality and safety issues in health care settings, and are quality improvement leaders within the clinical team, says Dr Janice Wilson, Chief Executive of the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
5 May 2011, Infection Prevention & Control
The Health Quality & Safety Commission says World Hand Hygiene Day is a timely reminder of the importance of clean hands in combating healthcare-acquired infections.
4 May 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Dr Russell Wills has been appointed as the new Children’s Commissioner.
2 May 2011, Partners in Care
n this article in Health Affairs, former Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson looks at the patients’ complaint system in New Zealand.
2 May 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Auckland Haematologist Dr Paul Ockelford will be the new Chair of the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) from tomorrow.
28 Apr 2011, Partners in Care
Dr Janice Wilson has been Chief Executive of the Commission since mid-February 2011. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director-General in the Population Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health. In her first public comment since taking up her new role, s
28 Apr 2011
New Zealand’s four mortality review committees are now operating under the umbrella of the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
12 Apr 2011, Medication Safety
Professor Alan Merry, Chair of the Health Quality & Safety Commission, writes how increasing the involvement of pharmacists in managing patients' medications is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve medication safety.
8 Apr 2011, Medication Safety
A study has found there is a high level of support from New Zealand pharmacists for electronic capture of prescription dispensing data for medicines monitored by the New Zealand Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme (IMMP).
6 Apr 2011, Medication Safety
West Coast was the first District Health Board (DHB) to introduce the national medication chart.
5 Apr 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Health Quality & Safety Commission Board member Geraint Martin knows first hand the challenges – and rewards - of quality improvement.
4 Apr 2011, Partners in Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (National Quality Strategy). The strategy was called for under the Affordable Care Act and is the first effort to create natio