1 Jul 2020, Partners in Care
The Donald Beasley Institute, on behalf of the Disabled Persons Organisation Coalition is inviting disabled people and their family and whānau to take part in monitoring research about disabled people’s experiences of health and wellbeing in New Zealand.
30 Jun 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
From 1 July 2020, the Health Quality & Safety Commission expects district health boards (DHBs) to start collecting data again for all quality and safety measures (QSMs), following the recent interruption due to COVID-19.
19 Jun 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
Updated data from over 79,000 patients who responded to a survey about their experiences with Aotearoa New Zealand health services shows 17 percent reported not visiting a GP or nurse due to cost in the last 12 months.
11 Jun 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 21 May–10 June 2020 is now available online.
5 Jun 2020, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Partners in Care programme has developed a series of videos about a rare condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and how working as a multidisciplinary team can improve patient outcomes.
5 Jun 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The Conversation Café meets monthly, via video conference, to discuss the challenges of living with mental health and addiction (MHA) issues as well as MHA service developments planned to address some of the challenges people are facing.
5 Jun 2020, Medication Safety
The NZPhvC encourages you to report any COVID-19 related medication errors, particular challenges or situations that could lead to errors and any ideas on what measures should be put in place to mitigate errors in the future.
4 Jun 2020, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) congratulates Vicki Masson on her appointment as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020, for services to perinatal and maternal health.
4 Jun 2020, Partners in Care
Congratulations to consumer network member Bernadette Pereira, who has been appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours 2020.
2 Jun 2020, Infection Prevention & Control
District health boards across the country took part in World Hand Hygiene Day on Tuesday 5 May 2020. This article summarises some of the fun and innovative events DHBs shared with the Health Quality & Safety Commission as they celebrated.
27 May 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is making great progress working toward eliminating seclusion.
27 May 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Approximately 60 participants representing 15 district health boards (DHBs) joined an online learning session for the Learning from adverse events and consumer, family and whānau experience project.
21 May 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 30 April–20 May 2020 is now available online.
19 May 2020, Patient Deterioration
When Angela felt her voice wasn’t being heard during her husband Geoff’s stay in Wellington Regional Hospital, the Kōrero mai service supported her to escalate her concerns about his deteriorating health.
19 May 2020, Aged Residential Care
New Zealanders need to remove the stigma from aged care homes and fund them properly, write University of Auckland experts Michal Boyd, Merryn Gott, Jackie Robinson and Aileen Collier.
15 May 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Teams participating in a project for the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme met for a learning session in February.
14 May 2020, Other Topics
The Ministry of Health's National Telehealth Service has launched a COVID-19 clinical advice line for community health providers, including primary care, pharmacy, midwives and aged residential care providers.
13 May 2020, Infection Prevention & Control
A webinar from the World Health Organization about coronavirus infections among health care workers: what we know about COVID-19 and what we have learned from other outbreaks.
12 May 2020, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of an extra $202 million to strengthen family and sexual violence services over the next four years, mainly delivered through the Ministry of Social Development.
12 May 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission