12 Oct 2020, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
This update about Te Rā Haumaru Tūroro o Aotearoa | Aotearoa Patient Safety Day includes information on the resources in development by the Commission, and other activities for Patient Safety Day.
7 Oct 2020, Infection Prevention & Control
It's Global Handwashing Day on 15 October! This year’s theme is 'Hand Hygiene for All', a reminder that we must work toward universal access and practice of handwashing with soap for now and for a healthy future.
7 Oct 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is holding a webinar to provide guidance to the district health board (DHB) managers and staff responsible for implementing the new consumer engagement quality and safety marker.
1 Oct 2020, National Trauma Network
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is undertaking a project to collect and understand New Zealand trauma patients’ self-reported outcomes.
1 Oct 2020, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
This update about Te Rā Haumaru Tūroro o Aotearoa | Aotearoa Patient Safety Day includes information on the resources in development by the Commission, and other activities for Patient Safety Day.
30 Sep 2020, Building Leadership & Capability
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s sixth annual quality improvement scientific symposium planned for October 2020, has been cancelled.
25 Sep 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
More than 40 New Zealand pharmacists have worked together to develop new Choosing Wisely pharmacy recommendations.
24 Sep 2020
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 3–23 September 2020 is now available online.
17 Sep 2020, National Trauma Network
A new report on improving trauma care for critically bleeding patients lays a strong foundation for a national quality improvement project to reduce avoidable in-hospital deaths.
11 Sep 2020, Pressure Injury Prevention
Two resources related to pressure injuries have been updated and are available for download.
4 Sep 2020, ACP information for clinicians
This update from the advance care planning programme includes information on speakers for the Ō tātou hiranga what matters to us hui, whenua ki te whenua the new ACP guide for whānau, training for ACP and SICG and welcomes a new staff member.
4 Sep 2020, Primary Care
A Whānau Ora approach to encourage people with diabetes to take control of their own health is having success in the King Country.
4 Sep 2020, Primary Care
Addiction clients of Nelson’s Victory Square Pharmacy now have a better quality of life thanks to a project to improve their physical health.
4 Sep 2020, Primary Care
Patients in remote settlements of eastern Bay of Plenty now have better access to timely and accurate medicines, thanks to a quality improvement project undertaken by the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Community Health Centre in Te Kaha.
3 Sep 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 13 August–2 September 2020 is now available online.
2 Sep 2020, National Trauma Network
A half day major trauma rehabilitation discovery workshop will be held online on 2 September 2020.
27 Aug 2020, ACP information for consumers
Today we mourn the loss of Keri Kaa, one of the faces of our Kia kōrero | Let's talk advance care planning campaign, who passed away peacefully in Te Puia Springs on 26 August.
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.
21 Aug 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
More than 60 participants attended learning session three for the mental health and addiction quality improvement programme's Learning from adverse events and consumer, family and whānau experience project.
21 Aug 2020, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The Suicide Mortality Review Committee (SuMRC) welcomes the Chief Coroner’s annual report on provisional suicide statistics released today. The figures suggest an overall decrease in deaths by suicide in Aotearoa.