An advance care plan — the gift that keeps on giving
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Developing an advanced care plan with their father helped a nurse, her family and health professionals meet his end-of-life wishes and care for him at home.
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Developing an advanced care plan with their father helped a nurse, her family and health professionals meet his end-of-life wishes and care for him at home.
NEWS: 4 Nov 2019, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
The Choosing Wisely campaign is welcoming new videos on understanding bias in health care, and encourages all health professionals to watch them.
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.
NEWS: 26 Sep 2019, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
The latest update about Wiki Haumaru Tūroro | Patient Safety Week, which takes place on 3–9 November 2019.
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.
NEWS: 2 Sep 2019, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
The focus of this year’s Patient Safety Week | Wiki Haumaru Tūroro (3–9 November) is understanding bias in health care.
NEWS: 27 Aug 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The provisional rates of suicide released yesterday continue to raise serious concerns for the Suicide Mortality Review Committee (SuMRC).
EVENT: 1 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
We are pleased to announce the visit of international trauma leader, Professor Karim Brohi, in Wellington and Christchurch, 1-2 October 2019.
EVENT: 19 Sep 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Design for Health Symposium 2019 is a gathering of perspectives to explore the emerging field of ‘Design for Health’—what it is, what the challenges are, and what the opportunities might be in the future.
NEWS: 4 Jul 2019, Primary Care
A Hastings community pharmacy’s project to improve asthma management in a group of Māori and Pacific children has left everyone breathing easier.
NEWS: 9 Apr 2019
A healthy 50-year-old man and father of three was symptom free but proceeded with a PSA test. The results were slightly high, so he went for a biopsy. During the biopsy he got an infection which caused a stroke due to a septic embolus, and he lost f
NEWS: 21 Feb 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 1–21 February 2019 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 19 Feb 2019, ACP information for consumers
Videos and posters of Clive Aspin, who has shared his personal story for the advance care planning campaign Kia kōrero | Let's talk.
NEWS: 8 Feb 2019, Partners in Care
Wellington Free Ambulance is creating a consumer council to provide patient experience insight, and work to improve services and eliminate inequities.
NEWS: 18 Dec 2018
The first New Zealander elected to lead the peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia says there are a lot of things being done in medical practice that are not supported by evidence and are not free from harm.
NEWS: 7 Nov 2018, Partners in Care
The Health Consumer Advisory Service presented at the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Partners in Care consumer network meeting last month.
NEWS: 5 Nov 2018, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
It’s Patient Safety Week and who would have thought germs could be this cute!
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Improving Together is a national learning programme focused on quality improvement for people delivering health services.
EVENT: 21 Sep 2018, Patient Deterioration
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is hosting a webinar on Friday 21 September from 1–2pm, focusing on the patient deterioration domain of the Atlas of Healthcare Variation.
NEWS: 4 Sep 2018, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
This Patient Safety Week update provides information about orders, resources and activity for PSW 2018.
NEWS: 24 Aug 2018, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
Responding to provisional annual suicide figures for 2017/18, the Suicide Mortality Review Committee (SuMRC) has called on all sectors and communities to work better together to reduce suicide deaths in New Zealand.