Health Quality & Safety Commission

First, Do No Harm website goes live

NEWS: 2 Apr 2012, Other Topics

Northern region patient safety campaign website goes live.

NICE Guidance now available on smartphones.

NEWS: 23 Mar 2012

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has created an app giving quick and easy access to their recommendations and advice.

Child Cycling Injury Prevention Workshops, April to June

NEWS: 20 Mar 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee

Safekids New Zealand invites community groups and organisations across the country with an interest in child injury prevention, to attend its free workshops focusing on ‘Child Cycling Injury Prevention’ and ‘Safety Out & About’.

New Chair and Deputy Chair for the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee

NEWS: 15 Mar 2012, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee

Dr Leona Wilson is the new Chair of the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC). She takes over from Professor Iain Martin, who has chaired POMRC since it was established in April 2010.

Recommendations for a National Surgical and Procedural Site Infection Surveillance Programme

PUBLICATION: 15 Mar 2010, Infection Prevention & Control

This document presents recommendations to the Ministry of Health for the development of a consistent, evidence-based approach to surveillance of surgical and procedural site infections.

Free NHS Institute seminars

NEWS: 29 Feb 2012

Free NHS Institute seminars about delivering large scale change

Consultation on the design of the national medication chart (NMC) to incorporate paediatric specific fields - closing 29 February 2012

NEWS: 20 Feb 2012, Medication Safety

The NMC has now been implemented in 15 District Health Boards. A general review of the chart design is being undertaken in February/March 2012. Any change requests should have been submitted to your individual District Health Board (DHB).

Conversations that Count workshops: Advance care planning. Invitation to organisations and consumers.

EVENT: 14 Feb 2012

Conversations that Count is a series of facilitated, hands-on workshops where members of the public and organisation representatives will have the opportunity to talk about their thoughts, experiences and opinions and help shape the resources for everyone

Making care safer: Improving medication safety for people in care homes: Thoughts and experiences from carers and relatives (UK)

NEWS: 3 Oct 2011

This report collects together the testimony given by family and carers of people living in a care home, specifically around issues of medication safety.

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Christchurch earthquake - healthcare workers show skill and professionalism

NEWS: 18 Mar 2011, Adverse Events

The Health Quality & Safety Commission notes with deep respect the skill and dedication of the health professionals who provided a quality emergency response in the wake of Canterbury’s devastating earthquake.