Every day, people up and down New Zealand engage with our health and disability system. To help it work as safely, effectively and responsively as possible, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission is coordinating the development of a system safety strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand.
The strategy is a priority requirement within the Government policy statement on health for 2024-27.
It will focus the health system on how to collectively improve quality and safety through high-level principles that demonstrate a combined understanding of system safety and a commitment to system learning.
The strategy will reflect the health and disability sector’s commitment to enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi, along with:
- The Code of expectations for health entities engagement with consumers and whānau
- The Code of health and disability services consumers’ rights
- The Healing, learning and improving from harm policy.
A System Safety Leadership Rōpū has been established to develop the strategy using a co-design approach. This involves engagement with consumers, whānau, health work force and providers across the health and disability system.
The Rōpū met in early July and agreed the strategy outline. This will be socialised with key stakeholders as part of the phase two co-design engagement process.
We will share the draft strategy with the wider health sector for feedback later this year.