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Presentations and videos from Patient deterioration New Zealand: current state and future developments

1st July, 2022

Presentations and videos from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's two-day conference Patient deterioration New Zealand: current state and future developments.


Day one

Heather Gunter, consumer, and Karyn Bousfield, director of nursing, West Coast DHB

Daryl Jones, intensive care specialist, Austin Health and Associate Professor, Monash University

Presentations from five DHBs on their work to implement improvements to their recognition and response systems

Jen Hassloch, quality improvement advisor, Nelson Marlborough DHB

Laurence Walker, intensive care specialist, and Luke Flynn, charge nurse Patient at Risk service, Auckland DHB

Jan Dewar, nurse director medicine, surgery and emergency, MidCentral DHB

Emma Jordan, nurse educator, and Jonathan Albrett, intensive care specialist, Taranaki DHB

Sarah Imray, clinical nurse specialist PAR service, Capital & Coast DHB

Presentations from three lead sites on their work to co-design patient, family and whānau escalation processes

Nadeane Spriggs, clinical nurse educator, and Kim MacFarlane, team leader, Southern Cross Christchurch

Olivia Anstis, innovation and improvement manager, Waitemata DHB

Graeme Webb, quality coordinator child health, Canterbury DHB

Skills development for recognition and response systems
Concurrent sessions offering practical learning

Carl Horsley, intensive care consultant, Counties Manukau Health

Gary Tonkin, senior portfolio manager, Health Quality & Safety Commission


Day two

Daryl Jones

Tricia Keelan, general manager; Graham Cameron, pou tikanga; Marama Tauranga, nurse leader; Kaywyn McKenzie, regional Māori health clinical operations manager and good to be great navigator; Marie Tata, health navigator; and Arona Smith, te pou taahu team leader – Bay of Plenty DHB Māori Health Gains and Development

Alex Psirides

Ruth Large, clinical director, Waikato DHB

David Tripp, clinical leader, Capital & Coast DHB

Dayle Keown, house surgeon, Nelson Marlborough DHB

Philip Daniel, advanced training registrar in palliative and general medicine, Capital & Coast DHB

Ben Barry, intensive care specialist, Capital & Coast DHB

John Hewitt, nurse specialist, Canterbury DHB John Hewitt, nurse specialist, Canterbury DHB

Daryl Jones

Emma Merry, palliative medicine specialist, Hawke's Bay DHB

Paul Huggan, infectious disease and acute medicine specialist, Waikato DHB


Last updated: 1st July, 2022