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04 Jun 2020
Congratulations to Bernadette Pereira MNZM, honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2020
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.
Partners in Care27 Mar 2020
Consumer network welcomes new members
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s consumer network welcomed seven new members at a recent meeting held in Wellington.
Partners in Care10 Jan 2020
Blog: Unhappy hospital holiday
Despite the horrors of the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, the Australian fires, disturbing world events and, on a more local front, reports of hospitals under pressure we carry on living our lives the best we can.
Partners in Care13 Dec 2019
Pilot for new consumer engagement quality and safety marker begins
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is piloting a new consumer engagement quality and safety marker in four district health boards from December 2019.
Partners in Care07 Dec 2019
Questions to ponder in 2019 from Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Partners in Care team has had a steady stream of requests to provide advice on consumer engagement in 2018.
Partners in Care24 Nov 2019
Blog: Consumer engagement ‘explained like never before’
Gary Sutcliffe is a coordinator at the Health Consumer Advisory Service and a former member of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s consumer network.
Partners in Care13 Nov 2019
Blog: ‘Authentic’ co-design – what is it and how do we do it?
Co-design is rapidly becoming an essential part of quality and improvement in health and care services internationally.
Partners in Care25 Oct 2019
Camp Unity connects families and whānau impacted by traumatic brain injury
Camp Unity is a two-day event which brings together families and whānau, including parents, children and guardians affected by traumatic brain injury. The 2019 camp was held from 11–13 October in Rotorua.
Partners in Care08 Aug 2019
Ngā paerewa pairuri tāngata | Standards for palliative care
In May, Hospice New Zealand launched the Standards for Palliative Care (Fourth Edition) 2019 after an extensive consultation and review process involving all hospices services in New Zealand.
Partners in Care23 Jul 2019
New resource for progressing consumer engagement in primary care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has launched a new resource to support primary care providers, alliances, and primary health care organisations (PHOs) to progress consumer engagement in primary care.
Partners in Care22 Jul 2019
New guide supports people with disabilities through the United Nations complaints process
Consumer network member, Martine Abel-Williamson attended the launch of a new guide last month, which aims to help people with a disability navigate the process of making a complaint to the United Nations.
Partners in Care