26 Nov 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Vicki Dent, acting quality manager, Specialist Mental Health Services at Canterbury District Health Board, explains what she hopes to achieve in her role working in quality improvement.
11 Oct 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme organised several activities to acknowledge and celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 (23–29 September).
8 Oct 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Leigh Murray works for Auckland District Health Board (DHB) mental health services as a family advisor. Leigh recently presented at the Commission's MHA programme's learning session in August.
2 Oct 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme recently launched a project to engage all stakeholders and improve the experience of consumers, family and whānau and staff involved in an adverse event.
20 Sep 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Heather Casey, Southern District Health Board Director of Nursing Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability has been recognised at the 2019 Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand programme for service to mental health.
23 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The second learning session for Connecting Care: Improving service transitions/Te tūhono i ngā manaakitanga, te whakapai ake i ngā whakawhitinga ratonga was held in Auckland on 7 August and Wellington on 8 August.
22 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
A Ngā Poutama survey of consumers of mental health and addiction (MHA) services, their family and whānau goes live on 1 September 2019.
19 Jul 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The national mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme (QIP) is building quality improvement capability in the MHA sector by sponsoring and delivering a number of educational courses and workshops.
19 Jul 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The learning from adverse events and consumer, family and whānau experience project / Te ako mai i ngā pāmamaetanga me te wheako tāngata whaiora me te whānau held a workshop for mental health and addiction clinical leaders on Wednesday 26 June 2019.
30 Apr 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
A second cohort of health professionals has recently graduated from the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction programme’s quality improvement facilitator (QIF) course.
17 Dec 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
A survey of over 2500 people working in mental health and addiction services has found that, while many feel tāngata whaiora (consumers in these services) are treated with respect, there are challenges in several areas.
19 Nov 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Clarissa Chandrahasen has experienced first-hand the trauma and distress of being secluded.
31 Oct 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Emerge Aotearoa is delighted to be hosting the 13th Biennial Asia Pacific (AsPac) International Mental Health and Addiction Conference, Healthy Futures: Inspiration, Inclusion and Integration in Auckland, New Zealand from 31 October to 1 November 2018.
26 Oct 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Discovering that just 20 percent of their mental health and addiction (MHA) service consumers were using 80 percent of the allocated funds provided the impetus for a quality improvement project at MidCentral DHB.
26 Oct 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Janice Bowers, clinical nurse manager at Whanganui DHB has been leading a project for ICAMHAS (Infant, child and adolescent mental health and addiction services) to improve the way the department manages service transitions.
15 Oct 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The Connecting Care Project will see health service providers, consumers, and their families and whānau working together to better understand and improve the experience of transitions between or within providers.
8 Oct 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Kaumātua and Māori cultural advisor Wi Keelan says Mental Health Awareness Week, which starts today, provides an opportunity to focus on the positive aspects of Māori wellbeing.
3 Oct 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Auckland University of Technology students Nicole Oliveri and Alisi Fangupo have been learning about the challenges of the mental health and addiction sector during their placement with the mental health and addiction quality improvement programme.
1 Aug 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Thousands of staff working in mental health and addiction (MHA) services in New Zealand will be taking a few minutes to 'have their say' this month and help inform the future direction and focus of MHA quality improvement initiatives.
16 Jul 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Ensuring that mental health and addiction service consumers receive continuous quality care between providers is the latest initiative from the Health Quality & Safety Commission.