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This video talks about the importance of speaking up for patient safety – being vocal is necessary because many times, patients can't speak for themselves.

This video talks about the importance of actively listening for patient safety – ensuring all viewpoints are heard and that mistakes are avoided.

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.

Briefings take just five minutes and have a significant and positive impact on patient safety by improving communication and teamwork, reducing delays and identifying potential risks prior to surgery.

A video from the Commission outlining the use of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.

Video 1 in the teamwork and communication roll-out.

This video from the Commission's Reducing Perioperative Harm programme demonstrates best practice for briefing and debriefing sessions, based on the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.

Lis Browne talks about implementation of briefing and debriefing sessions at Hutt Valley District Health Board.

This is the MMWG’s second annual report. It outlines the work of the MMWG and provides an update on what we have achieved this year and an overview of next steps.