NEWS: 13 Nov 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) is seeking a new member to join its Neonatal Encephalopathy Working Group
NEWS: 7 Nov 2019, Medication Safety
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is reviewing the current Tall Man lettering list and encourages health professionals to submit names of confusing medicine pairs not already on the list, by Friday 15 November 2019.
NEWS: 31 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 10 to 30 October 2019 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 25 Oct 2019, Family Violence Death Review Committee
Members of the Family Violence Death Review Committee were co-authors on a recent paper published in the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.
NEWS: 16 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Dr Paul Dalley presented on the comprehensive high-risk surgical patient pathway (CHRISP) being trialed at Capital & Coast DHB at the Choosing Wisely forum in May 2019.
NEWS: 15 Oct 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates staff member Dr Clive Aspin (Ngāti Maru), who has been awarded an inaugural Churchill Fellowship for 2020.
NEWS: 11 Oct 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The Board of the Health Quality & Safety Commission is seeking a new member to join the Suicide Mortality Review Committee, to fill a vacancy to arise in December 2019.
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: 9 Oct 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The Suicide Mortality Review Committee says health and social policy should not ignore Asian mental health.
NEWS: 1 Oct 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Changes to the way lymphoedema patients are reassessed for new compression garments at North Shore Hospital’s outpatient physiotherapy lymphoedema service have reduced waiting times by a third.
PUBLICATION: 9 Oct 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
This report focuses on the impact of suicide on the Asian population of Aotearoa New Zealand. In reviewing death by suicide affecting Asian people, the Suicide Mortality Review Committee aims to reinforce previous work and highlight areas requiring action
PUBLICATION: 23 Sep 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The third annual report from the Maternal Morbidity Working Group covering the period of 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018.
NEWS: 19 Sep 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 29 August to 18 September 2019 is now available online.
NEWS: 23 Sep 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The rate of stillbirths is reducing for Māori and NZ European mothers, a report by the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) has found.
PUBLICATION: 12 Sep 2019, Medication Safety
Further reading, articles and resources of interest, part of the Commission's appropriate prescribing toolkit.
PUBLICATION: 12 Sep 2019, Medication Safety
Tools to guide which medicines should be considered for deprescribing, part of the Commission's appropriate prescribing toolkit.
PUBLICATION: 23 Sep 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Thirteenth Annual Report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te Pūrongo ā-Tau Tekau mā Toru o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea Hoki.
PUBLICATION: 12 Sep 2019, Aged Residential Care
The frailty care guides are a suite of 26 nursing decision support tools covering the spectrum of frailty from deterioration to communication and advance treatment planning.
NEWS: 2 Sep 2019, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) is calling for mental health and addiction services to act as allies for family violence victims.
NEWS: 29 Aug 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 8 to 28 August 2019 is now available online.
NEWS: 27 Aug 2019, Suicide Mortality Review Committee
The provisional rates of suicide released yesterday continue to raise serious concerns for the Suicide Mortality Review Committee (SuMRC).
NEWS: 23 Aug 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission Board is seeking a new member to join the Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC).
PUBLICATION: 16 Aug 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Copies of presentations from the second learning session for Connecting care: improving service transitions held on 7 and 8 August 2019.
NEWS: 8 Aug 2019, Partners in Care
In May, Hospice New Zealand launched the Standards for Palliative Care (Fourth Edition) 2019 after an extensive consultation and review process involving all hospices services in New Zealand.
PUBLICATION: 8 Aug 2019, Partners in Care
Standards for palliative care (Fourth Edition) 2019 from Hospice New Zealand.