Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest, Issue 71 online now
NEWS: 15 Aug 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 26 July–15 August 2017 is now available online.
NEWS: 15 Aug 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 26 July–15 August 2017 is now available online.
EVENT: 6 Sep 2017, Building Leadership & Capability
A half-day workshop for emerging clinical leaders
NEWS: 24 Jul 2017, Building Leadership & Capability
The latest recipient of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Open for leadership award is Rachel Malone (Te Aitanga a Mahaki), a nurse in Hauora Tairāwhiti’s mental health inpatient unit, Te Whare Awhiora.
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).