NEWS: 4 Oct 2011, Medication Safety
General Practitioners and Community Pharmacists are needed for a medication error reporting pilot aimed at strengthening efforts to reduce and prevent medication errors in primary care
NEWS: 5 Oct 2011
Expressions of Interest are being invited for the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Quality & Safety Challenge 2012.
NEWS: 7 Oct 2011, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has held the first of its quality forums in Auckland and Christchurch, as well as a workshop for senior health leaders.
PUBLICATION: 29 Oct 2011, Medication Safety
Medicine reconciliation pamphlets for people coming into hospital
NEWS: 29 Oct 2011, Medication Safety
These support the Commission’s Medication Safety programme by raising awareness of the importance of medicine reconciliation and the process involved in reconciling a patient’s medicines.
NEWS: 31 Oct 2011, Medication Safety
The Health Quality & Safety Commission recently held two national medication safety workshops.
NEWS: 4 Nov 2011
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has appointed Richard Hamblin as its new Director of Health Quality Evaluation.
NEWS: 6 Nov 2011, Medication Safety
Making sure you are taking the right medicines: An important guide for people coming into hospital
PUBLICATION: 3 Jan 2012, Health Quality Intelligence
NHS quality accounts documents
NEWS: 7 Nov 2011, Health Quality Intelligence
Quality Accounts are annual reports to the public from providers of health and disability services about the quality of the services they provide.
NEWS: 16 Nov 2011, Infection Prevention & Control
CLEAN HANDS SAVE LIVES New website promotes hand hygiene patient safety message
NEWS: 30 Dec 2011
Professor Alan Merry, Chair of the Health Quality & Safety Commission, celebrates the Commission’s first birthday with Board members and staff.
PUBLICATION: 1 Nov 2009, Medication Safety
DHB NZ Safe & Quality Use of Medicines Group position statement on intravenous infusion practices
PUBLICATION: 1 Jan 2004, Medication Safety
Position statement from the Safe & Quality Use of Medicines Group on the use of barcoding
PUBLICATION: 1 Oct 2012, Medication Safety
Purpose: To highlight the safety issues surrounding the use of abbreviations when prescribing medicines.
PUBLICATION: 1 Jul 2011, Medication Safety
Historical information from the Safe & Quality Use of Medicines Group, now superseded by the Medication Safety Programme
PUBLICATION: 1 Jul 2011, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Fifth Report provides an accurate estimate of the absolute numbers and rates of perinatal and maternal deaths in New Zealand for 2009.