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27 May 2022
Issue #6 | news from the Health Quality & Safety Commission
Read issue #6 of our newsletter which contains updates, news and events from our work streams and programmes.
Health Quality & Safety Commission
25 May 2022
1000-plus now trained to talk serious illness
The Commission’s advance care planning team is happy to announce that more than 1000 people have attended the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) three-hour workshops being delivered in district health boards.
ACP info for clinicians Advance care planning
23 May 2022
New Measures Library available from 1 July
The Health Quality & Safety Commission will begin publishing a Health Quality Measures Library on 1 July 2022. This is a centralised, easy-to-access information resource that provides data visualisations and narratives to support understanding and us
Health Quality Intelligence National Trauma Network
20 May 2022
Consumer health forum Aotearoa update – May 2022
Read the latest update about the consumer health forum Aotearoa from the Partners in Care programme.
Partners in Care Consumer hub
19 May 2022
Take part in the second Ngā Poutama mental health and addiction staff culture survey
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s second Ngā Poutama Oranga Hinengaro: Quality in Context survey is underway.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
18 May 2022
Implementing a relational approach when things don’t go to plan in the health care setting
Elizabeth Wood (general practitioner by training and clinical director of clinical governance at Nelson Marlborough Health) is encouraging health practitioners to sign up for the micro-credentialling and give it a go.
Restorative practice
06 May 2022
Issue #5 | news from the Health Quality & Safety Commission
Read issue #5 of our newsletter which contains updates, news and events from our work streams and programmes.
Health Quality & Safety Commission
05 May 2022
World Hand Hygiene Day marks ten years of the Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme
As health workers across Aotearoa New Zealand celebrate World Hand Hygiene Day today, they are being recognised by the Health Quality & Safety Commission for their efforts in improving the rates of hand hygiene over the past decade.
Infection prevention and control
04 May 2022
Inaugural point prevalence survey provides useful insights into healthcare-associated infections in public hospitals across Aotearoa New Zealand
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has today released the findings of the first national point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Infection prevention and control
04 May 2022
It’ll never happen to me, I’m the rescuer
People who work in emergency services care deeply about their patients but aren’t always as good at planning for their own health care, Christchurch paramedic and helicopter rescue crew member Stuart Cook says.
ACP info for consumers Advance care planning ACP info for clinicians
28 Apr 2022
Improve your knowledge and skill in clinical governance
In November 2020, the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand and the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance (AICG) joined forces to improve the knowledge and skill around clinical governance in the health and disability sector.
Building Leadership & Capability