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Support for people working in health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Find information about how you can support yourselves and others, including consumers, teams and colleagues which complements and aligns with Ministry of Health resources.

Kia āta kōwhiri Choosing Wisely

The Choosing Wisely campaign seeks to reduce harm from unnecessary and low-value tests and treatment.

The Safe Medication Management Programme began in April 2008, under the leadership of Hutt Valley DHB via a Crown Funding Agreement. The Commission took over the Safe Medication Management Programme in early 2011, and retained the following workstreams:

  • implement a national medication chart 
  • implement a standardised approach to medicine reconciliation 
  • fund the pilots for electronic prescribing and administration and electronic medicine reconciliation 
  • retain and continue the alerting on high-risk medicines and situation that the Safe and Quality Use of Medicines group had established.
Last updated: 5th April, 2022