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This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to use skin antisepsis preparation more effectively to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.

The purpose of this user guide is to provide information about the logistical and clinical considerations for using the national New Zealand early warning score vital sign chart.

Dr Michal Boyd presented a webinar on Thursday 21 May 2020, 'Caring for complex older people: tips, tricks and tales from the trenches', in association with Mobile Health.

Beth shares her personal story of developing a healthcare-associated infection caused by a medical device to highlight the impact these infections can have on patients and their whānau.

Matthew was 16 years old when he developed appendicitis. His mum, Heather, took him to the local emergency department and he had surgery that night to remove his appendix.

This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to clip, not shave, hair prior to surgery to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.

These documents can be used as a flyer or poster for patients to promote the patient experience survey in hospitals, PHOs and general practices. They are available in a range of languages.

In 2017, the Ministry commissioned this formative evaluation of the National Primary Care Patient Experience Survey tool to assess how well it is working and whether improvements can be made.

On 10 November 2022, people gathered from across the country for a hui in Wellington. Members of the consumer health forum Aotearoa share their perspectives and experiences of health care.

This report summarises the outcomes of a scoping project exploring the possibility of gathering and sharing ‘nuggets of gold’ – that is, stories from those with lived experience of suicide attempt.