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15 Nov 2021
Congratulations to mental health and addiction sector participants in inaugural ‘Quality in action’ course
Virtual celebrations were held on 17 and 24 March 2021 for the 42 mental health and addiction sector participants who recently completed the Commission's ‘Quality in action’ course on foundation quality improvement concepts and practice.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
25 Jun 2021
Mental health and addiction quality improvement programme update June 2021
This update from the mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme | Whakapai i ngā mahi hauora hinengaro waranga hoki focuses on the programme approach to the end of June 2022.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
26 May 2021
Connecting care: improving service transitions – Kolini Baker’s story
Kolini Baker tells the story of her journey with mental ill health and her transition from acute care to community care.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
18 Apr 2021
Online workshop looks at the review of mental health and addiction adverse events
A virtual workshop was held recently for representatives from the mental health and addiction (MHA) sector about the essential components of a high-quality adverse event review.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
15 Apr 2021
Mental health and addiction quality improvement programme update April 2021
This update from the mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme | Whakapai i ngā mahi hauora hinengaro waranga hoki focuses on the programme approach to the end of June 2022.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
01 Apr 2021
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services report release highlights the need to eliminate seclusion
The Health Quality & Safety Commission says the recently released annual report of the Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services highlights once again the urgent need to eliminate the harmful practice of seclusion.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
09 Dec 2020
Advisory groups hold final meetings for 2020
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction quality improvement programme's Māori advisory and consumer advisory groups held their final meetings for 2020 in Wellington last week.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
03 Dec 2020
Mental health and addiction quality improvement programme update
Highlights for the MHA quality improvement programme this month include the release of two powerful videos on consumers’ experiences of seclusion, and two well-attended and energising regional away-days for Zero seclusion project teams.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
01 Dec 2020
Consumers’ experience of seclusion
We are privileged to be able to share videos of two consumers’ experiences of seclusion. These are the first two in a series of at least six videos about mental health and addiction priority areas.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
22 Oct 2020
Mental health and addiction quality improvement programme update – October 2020
Update from the mental health and addiction quality improvement programme (October 2020).
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
15 Oct 2020
Mid-programme evaluation of the MHA quality improvement programme
A mid-programme evaluation of the mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme was carried out by Francis Health and Kahui Consulting in 2020.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
21 Aug 2020
Importance of whānau engagement focus of mental health and addiction learning session
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.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement