NEWS: 6 Jun 2018, Aged Residential Care
A small group of New Zealand health professionals recently participated in a study tour to the Netherlands, hosted by CareMetric principal Jan Weststrate. The group visited hospitals, health care agencies (regulatory and quality improvement), aged care...
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Falls was an entirely new area for me when I was appointed to a new nurse educator role at Lakes District Health Board (DHB) in May 2017.
EVENT: 18 Nov 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls
The 8th biennial Australian and New Zealand falls prevention conference is being held on 18–20 November 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania.
NEWS: 7 Apr 2017, Other Topics
The Commission would like to extend our thanks to all who got involved with Conversations that Count Day on 5 April.
PUBLICATION: 12 May 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
This is an excerpt from Falling costs: the case for investment.
NEWS: 2 Mar 2017, Other Topics
A day to talk about advance care planning
NEWS: 13 Feb 2017, Other Topics
Talk about advance care planning on Wednesday 5 April.
EVENT: 3 Apr 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
FallsStop is a free seminar about reducing falls in the hospital setting, designed for hospital falls champions, nursing management, and physiotherapy, gerontology and aged care representatives.
NEWS: 25 Nov 2016, Patient Safety Week
Patient Safety Week has come and gone for another year and it was a huge success. The Health Quality & Safety Commission, in partnership with ACC, promoted the week.
NEWS: 1 Nov 2016, Patient Safety Week
New Plymouth Injury Safe is once again supporting good communication between patients, whānau and Taranaki DHB staff, the focus of this year’s Patient Safety Week, a national campaign which runs from 30 October to 5 November.
NEWS: 31 Oct 2016, Patient Safety Week
Good communication between patients, whānau and Taranaki DHB staff is the focus of this year’s Patient Safety Week, a national campaign which runs from 30 October to 5 November.
NEWS: 23 May 2016, Reducing Harm from Falls
The egg-cellent team of Mary-Anne Go, Bryden Ortega and Jean Barnard at the Regional Renal In-centre Dialysis Unit, Waikato Hospital are this year’s winners of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s April Falls display competition.