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The safe surgery programme aims to improve teamwork and communication in the operating room by leveraging the WHO surgical safety checklist as a teamwork and communication tool.

This link will take you to information from the National Trauma Network, for trauma patients and their family and whānau.

This is the story of Gary Edwards, a 60-year-old builder from Waitarere Beach, who ended up on Warfarin after a cardiac event.

This leaflet from Pharmac provides practical tips for giving medicine to babies, toddlers and young children.

This leaflet from Pharmac explains why brand names, appearance and packaging of your medicines may have changed.

Authors from the University of Toronto take a closer look at the key questions of medicine reconciliation in this Healthcare Quarterly article

This is a summary version of the Commission's video on effective use of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.

The Global Trigger Tool (GTT) is a methodology developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to identify patient harm that occurs in health care organisations.

The Health Quality & Safety Commission held a webinar on 27 July 2018 about modifications to the New Zealand early warning score (NZEWS).

Rasik is the main carer for his sister. He shares the story of supporting her through a first hospital admission for surgery, and through many subsequent admissions over the following five years.