NEWS: 29 Jun 2017, Building Leadership & Capability
The latest recipient of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Open for leadership award is South Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) charge nurse manager Olivia Pearson.
EVENT: 13 Sep 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
Three nations come together to share evidence-based knowledge, translate that knowledge into practice and share learnings.
EVENT: 12 Jun 2017, Other Topics
This free event is an ideal opportunity for your consumers or patients to learn more about the benefits of doing an advance care plan.
NEWS: 5 Apr 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 22 March–5 April 2017 is now available online.
MEDIA RELEASE: 3 Apr 2017, ACP information for consumers
Conversations that Count Day on 5 April is aimed at encouraging people to think about and share with their loved ones what was important to them as they neared the end of their life.
NEWS: 22 Mar 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 8–21 March 2017 is now available online.
NEWS: 7 Mar 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 22 February–7 March 2017 is now available online.
NEWS: 21 Feb 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 9–21 February 2017 is now available online.
NEWS: 16 Feb 2017, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 25 January–8 February 2017 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 13 Feb 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
The Safety Cross is a falls prevention planning tool, to encourage a falls-free environment.
NEWS: 24 Jan 2017, Building Leadership & Capability
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s new Open for leadership awards begin next month, recognising emerging leaders.
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
In 2012 the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation launched Choosing Wisely® – a campaign with a goal of advancing a national dialogue on avoiding wasteful or unnecessary medical tests, treatments and procedures.
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
BMJ Quality & Safety provides free ‘online first’ articles and a table of contents for the journal which includes some open access material by free subscription.
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
The Edge: Think, Connect, Share, Change is a free social platform committed to finding, sharing, curating and creating the boldest and most innovative new ideas for changing health and care.
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
The National Patient Safety Foundation has a vision to create a world where patients and those who care for them are free from harm.
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
This report from the UK’s Health & Social Care Information Centre presents statistics for April 2014–April 2015 from the NHS safety thermometer.
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
This report recognises areas of progress, highlights remaining gaps, and most importantly, details specific recommendations to accelerate progress in patient safety improvement.
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).
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: 5 Nov 2016, Patient Safety Week
Let's Talk. That is the theme for Hauora Tairāwhiti and other health boards during Patient Safety Week, when the emphasis is on better communication between patient, whānau and health professionals.
NEWS: 3 Oct 2016, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Ministry of Health, midwives and obstetricians have moved to reassure New Zealanders that maternity services in this country are robust