PUBLICATION: 13 Nov 2019, Primary Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s primary care quality improvement programme commissioned an evaluation of its Whakakotahi project. The evaluation was carried out by Synergia.
NEWS: 13 Nov 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) is seeking a new member to join its Neonatal Encephalopathy Working Group
NEWS: 4 Nov 2019, Patient Safety Week
The Choosing Wisely campaign is welcoming new videos on understanding bias in health care, and encourages all health professionals to watch them.
NEWS: 31 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 10 to 30 October 2019 is now available online.
NEWS: 25 Oct 2019, Partners in Care
Camp Unity is a two-day event which brings together families and whānau, including parents, children and guardians affected by traumatic brain injury. The 2019 camp was held from 11–13 October in Rotorua.
PUBLICATION: 22 Oct 2019, Building Leadership & Capability
Presentations from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's 2019 Quality Improvement Scientific Symposium.
NEWS: 11 Oct 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The Board of the Health Quality & Safety Commission is seeking a new member to join the Suicide Mortality Review Committee, to fill a vacancy to arise in December 2019.
NEWS: 9 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Using evidence to increase equity in health care and address over-diagnosis and over-treatment will be the subject of a unique, one-day conference in Auckland.
NEWS: 8 Oct 2019, Primary Care
Representatives from the Health Quality & Safety Commission profiled a range of our primary care-related work at the Practice Managers and Administrators Association of New Zealand (PMAANZ) conference in September.
NEWS: 8 Oct 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Leigh Murray works for Auckland District Health Board (DHB) mental health services as a family advisor. Leigh recently presented at the Commission's MHA programme's learning session in August.
NEWS: 4 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is pleased to welcome a new board chair and five new board members.
NEWS: 2 Oct 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme recently launched a project to engage all stakeholders and improve the experience of consumers, family and whānau and staff involved in an adverse event.
NEWS: 1 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
On International Day of Older Persons, the Choosing Wisely campaign is encouraging people to think twice before they have a test, treatment or procedure.
PUBLICATION: 27 Sep 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Presentations from the first co-design workshop for Te ako mai i ngā pāmamaetanga me te wheako tāngata whaiora me te whānau | Learning from adverse events and consumer, family and whānau experience project.
NEWS: 19 Sep 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 29 August to 18 September 2019 is now available online.
NEWS: 23 Sep 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The rate of stillbirths is reducing for Māori and NZ European mothers, a report by the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) has found.
PUBLICATION: 12 Sep 2019, Medication Safety
How to stop medicines, part of the Commission's appropriate prescribing toolkit.
EVENT: 10 Dec 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
'Getting better with evidence: Experiences of putting evidence into practice’ is a one-day conference where delegates can learn from experts about putting evidence into practice, and discuss the challenges currently being faced in health care.
NEWS: 3 Sep 2019, Primary Care
Representatives from the Health Quality & Safety Commission profiled a wide range of our primary care-related work at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioner’s conference in July.
PUBLICATION: 30 Aug 2019, Partners in Care
Results of the all-of-Commission consumer forum survey, from the forum held in May 2019.
PUBLICATION: 30 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Privacy summary for Ngā Poutama: Consumer, family and whānau experience survey.
PUBLICATION: 30 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Privacy impact statement for Ngā Poutama: Consumer, family and whānau experience survey.
PUBLICATION: 30 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Poster for consumers, family and whānau about the Ngā Poutama consumer, family and whānau experience survey.
PUBLICATION: 30 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Flyer for consumers, family and whānau about the Ngā Poutama consumer, family and whānau experience survey.
NEWS: 29 Aug 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 8 to 28 August 2019 is now available online.