29 Oct 2018, Partners in Care
Over the past few weeks, our Partners in Care team was invited to meet with some of the district health board’s consumer councils to talk about the Commission’s consumer engagement work.
29 Aug 2018, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Partners in Care programme team were invited to attend a consumer-focused grand round at Bay of Plenty District Health Board on 21 August.
14 Aug 2018, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is offering ‘train-the-trainer’ workshops to consumers and providers in the health and disability sector. The purpose of the training is to better prepare consumers (and their family and whānau)...
2 Aug 2018, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission's partners in care programme has added seven new members to its consumer network, bringing the total number to 14. The expanded network met in Wellington for the first time last week.
28 Jun 2018, Partners in Care
Martine Abel-Williamson was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal for services to people with disabilities.
15 Jun 2018, Partners in Care
Auckland DHB is currently seeking applications from health care consumers and members of the community to join Auckland DHB Patient and Whānau Centred Care Board.
24 May 2018, Partners in Care
Waitemata District Health Board is hosting a health literacy symposium on 24 May 2018. The focus is to create a greater awareness of health literacy with an emphasis on what we can do as a community to create better patient experiences.
23 May 2018, Partners in Care
Do you want to use your own health experience to work with the Health Quality & Safety Commission? Owing to vacancies in the Commission’s consumer network we are seeking expressions of interest to fill five consumer positions.
9 May 2018, Partners in Care
Health Quality & Safety Commission consumer network member, Courtenay, shares the story of her perfect family.
15 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
Counties Manukau Health is recruiting a part-time experience engagement advisor. This position works in partnership with patients and staff to deliver exceptional care and experiences at Counties Manukau Health.
14 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
Author and young cancer survivor Jake Bailey made headlines when he delivered his end-of-year prizegiving speech as head boy of Christchurch Boys’ High School in December 2015, just one week after being diagnosed with Burkitt’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
9 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
Dr Lynne Maher presented at the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Let’s talk forum on 8 March 2018.
9 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
Te Rina Ruru’s life changed the morning her brother Ray had a car accident which left him with a traumatic brain injury. She was 16 at the time and struggled to cope. Te Rina shared her story at the Commission’s Let’s talk forum on 8–9 March.
8 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
A 2-day interactive co-design forum to improve the quality and safety of our health system.
18 Dec 2017, Partners in Care
Auckland Council's interview with Martine Abel, who is a member of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's consumer network, and the consumer advisory group to the Board.
19 Jul 2017, Partners in Care
A Community Health Council has been established to make sure communities, whānau and patients have a strong voice in planning, designing and delivering services across the Southern health system.
30 Jun 2017, Partners in Care
The 2016–17 iteration of the co-design programme was delivered in three DHBs and their case studies are now available to download
30 May 2017, Partners in Care
Raising the Bar on the National Patient Experience Survey responds to the national inpatient experience survey results by investigating the lower scoring areas of the survey and recommending interventions to improve these results.
2 Mar 2017, Partners in Care
A positive experience of the thought and commitment which goes into ensuring the consumer voice is heard.
25 Nov 2016, Partners in Care
Rose Russell was about to head off to Malaysia to deliver an academic writing course when she had a fall that drastically changed her plans.