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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.

The 2017 edition of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Window on the Quality of New Zealand’s Health Care brings our measures up to date and draws out key messages about the quality of New Zealand’s health system.

This thematic analysis reviewed all wrong consumer and wrong site always review and report events, reported to Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission by district health boards between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2021.

This paper presents a thematic analysis of severity assessment code (SAC)-1 and 2 adverse events involving Māori and Pacific peoples reported to Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2021.

This framework supports the health and disability sector to mitigate and respond to health care harm in Aotearoa New Zealand.

This report focuses on optimising the use of particular medicines in aged residential care. It was originally published in May 2020 and updated in June 2022.

Evaluation of the surgical site infection improvement programme – final summative report.

Early in 2019, the Health Quality & Safety Commission's aged residential care programme team identified four care homes in the Auckland region, to carry out small-scale improvement projects over three months.

Feedback summary of discussion paper and next steps

The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s aged residential care (ARC) programme is pleased to share a collection of personal stories about what’s important to people and their families/whānau when entering ARC in Aotearoa New Zealand.