NEWS: 16 Aug 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 26 July–15 August 2018 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 15 Aug 2018, Aged Residential Care
This presentation captures the voice and themes from the Commission-hosted aged residential care engagement workshops, held in 2018.
PUBLICATION: 26 Jul 2018, Aged Residential Care
Presentations and images from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's aged residential care programme regional workshop series.
PUBLICATION: 31 Oct 2018, Aged Residential Care
This document sets out work by the Health Quality & Safety Commission on the aged residential care quality improvement programme.
NEWS: 24 May 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 3–23 May 2018 is now available online.
NEWS: 29 May 2018, Building Leadership & Capability
Nelson Marlborough District Health Board (DHB) occupational therapist Emma Williams has received an Open for leadership award for numerous projects she has initiated, led and coordinated.
NEWS: 17 May 2018, Primary Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has welcomed the establishment of the Federation of Primary Health Aotearoa New Zealand.
NEWS: 3 May 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 12 April–2 May 2018 is now available online.
NEWS: 12 Apr 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 22 March–11 April 2018 is now available online.
MEDIA RELEASE: 3 Apr 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls
Live Stronger for Longer is the theme of this year’s ‘April Falls’ campaign. The annual campaign raises awareness of the harm caused by falls, and what can be done to prevent them.
MEDIA RELEASE: 9 Apr 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls
New data from the Health Quality & Safety Commission show the number of people falling in hospital and breaking their hip continues to reduce. Between September 2014 and the end of September 2017, there have been 107 fewer in-hospital falls resulting...
NEWS: 3 Apr 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls
Live Stronger for Longer is the theme of this year’s ‘April Falls’ campaign. The annual campaign raises awareness of the harm caused by falls, and what can be done to prevent them.
EVENT: 4 May 2018, Aged Residential Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is hosting four free regional workshops to learn and share about quality improvement of aged residential care services.
PUBLICATION: 27 Mar 2018, Medication Safety
Information to help ARC facilities, their attendant general practitioner(s) and community implement the electronic ARC Medication Chart.
PUBLICATION: 31 Oct 2014, Reducing Harm from Falls
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has produced four short videos highlighting some of the ways falls can be prevented in a range of different settings.
PUBLICATION: 5 Jul 2017, Reducing Harm from Falls
Anne-Marie Hill FallsStop videos
NEWS: 3 Jul 2017, Primary Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is seeking expressions of interest for primary health care improvement initiatives
NEWS: 22 May 2017, Pressure Injury Prevention
National guiding principles for preventing and managing pressure injuries have been launched today at the New Zealand Wound Care Society Annual Conference in Rotorua.
PUBLICATION: 29 Mar 2017, Adverse Events
Falls are one of the most common causes of injury to patients in hospital. This Open Book was written in collaboration with the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Reducing Harm from Falls programme. It summarises four falls events, review findings and r
MEDIA RELEASE: 21 Mar 2017, Adverse Events
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is commending ambulance services for reporting their adverse events.
PUBLICATION: 19 Dec 2016, Medication Safety
This report presents an evaluation of the Health Quality & Safety Commission-led safe use of opioids national collaborative.
NEWS: 2 Dec 2016, Adverse Events
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is carrying out a review of the National Reportable Events Policy 2012 and is seeking views on the proposed changes.
MEDIA RELEASE: 2 Dec 2016, Reducing Harm from Falls
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is celebrating the success of New Zealand public hospitals in reducing the number of in-hospital falls that result in a broken hip. New Zealand appears to be the first country to achieve this on a national scale.
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: 24 Nov 2016, Reducing Harm from Falls
The Health Quality & Safety Commission will have results of its reducing harm from falls programme published in the New Zealand Medical Journal on 2 December 2016.