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Co-design is how we partner to design a higher quality and safer health system.  Watch this 1-minute animation to learn more.

This year’s A window on quality 2021 explores the secondary impacts of our response on selected aspects of the functioning of our health system so we can learn from that experience and shape resilient system responses in the future.

A national summary of adverse events reported to the Health Quality & Safety Commission 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Alisa Ili, theatre nurse manager and Dr Andrew Connolly, general surgeon at Counties Manukau Health, share how start-of-list briefings support their decision making.

This short video explains what you and your family and whānau can do to prevent an infection developing in your wound when you have surgery.

Watch the Hand Hygiene NZ patient story, in which Paul and Rachel share their experience of the impact that a healthcare associated infection can have on both the patient and their family.

The Health Quality & Safety Commission, Choosing Wisely and the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists have developed an information leaflet to help patients, caregivers and whānau use opioid medicines safely, to manage non-cancer pain.