NEWS: 26 Apr 2018, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The 13th data report of the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) has been released. This report, covering 2012–2016, shows that in 2016, 483 children and young people died.
MEDIA RELEASE: 26 Apr 2018, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Children and young people living in the most deprived areas are three times more likely to die in childhood or adolescence than those living in the least deprived areas, a report has found.
PUBLICATION: 14 Dec 2017, Health Quality Intelligence
Open4Results is a six-monthly report on the harm prevented, and money saved, in areas the Health Quality & Safety Commission focuses on or raises awareness about.
NEWS: 22 Jun 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 25 May–22 June 2017 is now available online.
NEWS: 13 Apr 2017, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
This report, covering 2011-15, shows that in 2015, 536 children and young people died which is more than in the previous two years (486 in 2014, and 516 in 2013), but fewer than in the years prior.
MEDIA RELEASE: 2 Dec 2016, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Around 3000 lives have been saved in the past 20 years because of efforts to prevent sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI).
NEWS: 31 Oct 2016, Health Quality Intelligence
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is celebrating improved patient care as Patient Safety Week begins, with the release of a new report – Open4Results.
MEDIA RELEASE: 3 Jun 2016, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
New figures from the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) show deaths of children and young people continue to decline. In 2014, 488 children and young people aged 28 days to 24 years died, compared with 620 deaths in 2010.
NEWS: 4 Dec 2015, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Figures just released from the Health Quality Safety Commission for 2014 show 40 babies died in 2014 from SUDI or sudden, unexpected death in infancy. On average, there were 47 deaths per year in the five years to 2014.
MEDIA RELEASE: 18 Feb 2015, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The number of children and young people who die in New Zealand each year has more than halved since 1980, a new report shows.
MEDIA RELEASE: 5 Dec 2014, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
It is never too early for parents and parents-to-be to learn about safe sleeping practices for babies, says the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
PUBLICATION: 5 Dec 2014, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Northland District Health Board (DHB), in conjunction with the regional Child Health Network and Whakawhetu, has produced four television commercials promoting SUDI prevention with the acronym PEPE - Place, Eliminate, Position and Encourage.
NEWS: 16 Jan 2014, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Figures released by the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) show fewer deaths of babies and young people.
NEWS: 6 Dec 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew has today, on Safe Sleep Day, welcomed a decline in sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI).
NEWS: 5 Dec 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
With one of the highest rates for SUDI in New Zealand the Northland DHB (in conjunction with the regional Child Health Network and Whakawhetu) has produced four television commercials promoting SUDI prevention.
NEWS: 6 Dec 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Put babies to sleep on their backs and make sure their faces are clear of bedding – those are two of the messages for parents during Safe Sleep Day today.
PUBLICATION: 21 Mar 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Presentation by Dr Nick Baker: the context and circumstances of unintentional suffocation in place of sleep in New Zealand.
MEDIA RELEASE: 18 Mar 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) estimates nearly 3000 lives have been saved in the past 20 years because of efforts to prevent sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI).
NEWS: 24 Oct 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
This article provides knowledge and insights into sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) from a conference in the United States recently, attended by New Zealand child mortality experts and international specialists.
NEWS: 20 Jul 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has written to district health boards asking them to prioritise the prevention of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI).
NEWS: 13 Jul 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee welcomes the newborn enrolment policy announced by Health Minister Tony Ryall last week. The new policy will mean babies will be registered with their general practitioner soon after birth.
NEWS: 13 Jun 2012, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) shows suicide continues to be the leading cause of maternal deaths.
MEDIA RELEASE: 13 Jun 2012, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee shows suicide continues to be the leading cause of maternal deaths.
NEWS: 11 Nov 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Sudden unexpected infant death—no more “stunned amazement”!