PUBLICATION: 15 Sep 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
This is the fourth annual update as required by the Ombudsman from the Ministry of Health and the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) on the sector’s progress towards increasing transparency of health data in New Zealand by June 2021.
NEWS: 12 Aug 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is the latest signatory of the government Accessibility Charter – a commitment to providing accessible information and online tools to all disabled people.
NEWS: 17 Jul 2020, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is running two webinars to provide guidance to the district health board (DHB) managers and staff responsible for implementing the new consumer engagement quality and safety marker.
NEWS: 3 Jul 2020, Pressure Injury Prevention
ACC, together with the New Zealand Wound Care Society (NZWCS), the Health Quality & Safety Commission, and the Ministry of Health, has developed a new set of resources to support the prevention of pressure injuries.
EVENT: 1 Jul 2020, Primary Care
Join this webinar to get the latest information about gout and its management in Aotearoa New Zealand.
NEWS: 14 May 2020, Other Topics
The Ministry of Health's National Telehealth Service has launched a COVID-19 clinical advice line for community health providers, including primary care, pharmacy, midwives and aged residential care providers.
NEWS: 12 May 2020, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of an extra $202 million to strengthen family and sexual violence services over the next four years, mainly delivered through the Ministry of Social Development.
PUBLICATION: 19 Mar 2020, Partners in Care
This guidance is about whānau, community and services working together to ensure children with disabilities get a good start in life.
NEWS: 18 Mar 2020, Primary Care
An award-winning quality improvement project to reduce the rate of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) among under-25-year-olds in West Auckland’s Tuvaluan community aims to be extended to other Pacific communities.
NEWS: 30 Jan 2020, Primary Care
Congratulations to Auckland health and social services organisation, The Fono, for being selected as a finalist in the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora.
EVENT: 4 Mar 2021, Health Quality & Safety Commission
An Open Forum featuring international and local speakers who specialise in concepts of resilient health care, and will share their understanding of implementing these concepts within primary and hospital care settings.
NEWS: 4 Nov 2019, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
Health professionals are encouraged to watch new learning modules on understanding bias in health care, released today for Patient Safety Week.
PUBLICATION: 1 Nov 2019, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
Three learning and education modules about understanding bias in health care, developed for Wiki Haumaru Tūroro | Patient Safety Week 2019.
NEWS: 11 Oct 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme organised several activities to acknowledge and celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 (23–29 September).
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.
PUBLICATION: 27 Aug 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
This is the third annual update as required by the Ombudsman from the Ministry of Health and the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) on the sector’s progress towards increasing transparency of health data in New Zealand by June 2021.
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.
NEWS: 9 Jul 2019, Aged Residential Care
The Ministry of Health have developed an easy-to-use suite of resources to help people navigate the aged residential care complaints process.
NEWS: 24 May 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
An interagency post-vention group in Te Tai Tokerau ki Muriwhenua has shown local solutions based on te ao Māori are critical for saving rangatahi lives.
NEWS: 23 May 2019, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
Planning for Patient Safety Week | Wiki Haumaru Tūroro (3–9 November 2019) is underway and the theme of ‘Improving communication by understanding implicit bias in health care’ has been chosen.
NEWS: 30 Apr 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
New data shows 49 percent of those who visited their GP in 2017 were dispensed at least one antibiotic.The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation on community use of antibiotics released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
PUBLICATION: 1 Mar 2019, Patient Deterioration
This guide helps project leads and teams prepare for and implement a nationally consistent maternity early warning system (MEWS). It sets out the aim of the national MEWS programme, components to implement, available support, and recommended activities.
PUBLICATION: 19 Dec 2018, Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
Evaluation of Patient Safety Week 2018, an awareness-raising week held on 4–10 November focused on infection prevention and control.
NEWS: 7 Dec 2018, Adverse Events
The latest Learning from adverse events report shows health providers in New Zealand are continuing to develop and improve their systems for reporting, reviewing and learning from adverse events.