14 May 2020, Other Topics
The Ministry of Health's National Telehealth Service has launched a COVID-19 clinical advice line for community health providers, including primary care, pharmacy, midwives and aged residential care providers.
8 Aug 2018, Other Topics
Health Minister Dr David Clark says the independent review of the National Bowel Screening Programme should give the public confidence in the safety and value of the programme.
21 Jun 2017, Other Topics
The Commission is leading a new, five-year mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme
12 Jun 2017, Other Topics
This free event is an ideal opportunity for your consumers or patients to learn more about the benefits of doing an advance care plan.
16 May 2017, Other Topics
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is leading a new mental health and addiction quality improvement programme.
10 May 2017, Other Topics
The Ministry of Health’s Te Ara Whakapiri, principles and guidance for the last days of life (2015) has been updated to include a toolkit.
7 Apr 2017, Other Topics
The Commission would like to extend our thanks to all who got involved with Conversations that Count Day on 5 April.
2 Mar 2017, Other Topics
A day to talk about advance care planning
13 Feb 2017, Other Topics
Talk about advance care planning on Wednesday 5 April.
11 Apr 2016, Other Topics
These free seminars will suit health care management, nurses, doctors and hospital health care assistants, and provide high-level ideas, thoughtprovoking approaches and world-leading advice about preventing pressure injuries.
22 Mar 2016, Other Topics
The Health Quality & Safety Commission, in partnership with the Health Roundtable, will host Jeanne Huddleston from the Mayo Clinic to deliver a full day interactive workshop on improving reliability of systems to detect and rescue deteriorating patients.
21 Jan 2016, Other Topics
The Health Quality & Safety Commission, ACC and the Ministry of Health have released a report that looks at the economic and social harm caused by pressure injuries.
9 Mar 2015, Other Topics
A national global trigger tool (GTT) workshop will be held on Monday 9 March 2015.
10 Dec 2014, Other Topics
The December 2014 edition of Let's Talk Triggers, a quarterly newsletter from the Commission's Global Trigger Tools programme containing updates, trigger tool tips, featured articles and other items on patient safety.
14 Feb 2013, Other Topics
This program is designed for teams of reviewers who intend to use the IHI Global Trigger Tool in their own hospitals.
30 Jan 2013, Other Topics
The Health Quality & Safety Commission welcomes the findings of a study on adverse drug events published in the New Zealand Medical Journal recently.
8 Nov 2012, Other Topics
The Partners in Care project was an output of the Commission's Quality & Safety Challenge.
8 Nov 2012, Other Topics
The falls reduction projects run by the Canterbury District Health Board were an output of the Commission's Quality & Safety Challenge
13 Aug 2012, Other Topics
This media release from the Whanganui District Health Board shows how Wanganui Hospital is making good progress in seeking to understand how falls, pressure injuries, incontinence and malnutrition affect our population and how risks can be minimised.