NEWS: 3 Nov 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
In a series of articles on Aotearoa New Zealand’s resilient health care during COVID-19, we hear about Te Rohe o Te Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Ngāti Kahungunu and the response to COVID-19 between February and May 2020.
NEWS: 21 Apr 2020, ACP information for consumers
A few years ago, Jan Wallace was invited to join the locality health forum for her hospital board area and became particularly interested in palliative care, also known as end-of-life care.
PUBLICATION: 5 Jun 2019, Primary Care
This document, Towards quality improvement at scale in the New Zealand primary care setting, was commissioned to help us plan how to achieve quality improvement at scale in primary care.
NEWS: 5 Jun 2019, Primary Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is pleased to share the findings from consumer, health service and stakeholder engagement, to inform the future direction and priorities in our primary care programme.
EVENT: 8 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
A 2-day interactive co-design forum to improve the quality and safety of our health system.
MEDIA RELEASE: 3 Jun 2016, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
New figures from the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) show deaths of children and young people continue to decline. In 2014, 488 children and young people aged 28 days to 24 years died, compared with 620 deaths in 2010.
PUBLICATION: 2 Oct 2015, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A presentation delivered by Dr Nick Baker at the ACC quad bike child safety forum on 18 September 2015.
NEWS: 3 Jul 2015, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Passenger safety on commercial airlines has greatly improved, and there is much health can learn from the systems put in place to bring about this change. The World Health Organization surgical safety checklist is modelled on aviation’s checklists, design
NEWS: 25 Feb 2015, Medication Safety
Hon Peter Dunne's opening address at the Health Quality & Safety Commission's safe use of opioids national collaborative.
MEDIA RELEASE: 17 Dec 2014, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A report into the deaths of children in motorcycle, quad bike and other ‘off-road vehicle’ accidents is calling for cross-sector collaboration to tackle what is the country’s second largest cause of recreational death for those aged under 15.
PUBLICATION: 17 Dec 2014, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Special report from the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee: Child and youth mortality from motorcycle, quad bike and motorised agricultural vehicle use, with a focus on deaths under age 15 years.
NEWS: 16 Jan 2014, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Figures released by the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) show fewer deaths of babies and young people.
NEWS: 5 Nov 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates Housing New Zealand for its award-winning work on improving the safety of the driveways in its houses.
NEWS: 14 Aug 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee is delighted that figures show that there has been a reduction in teenage drink-drive convictions.
MEDIA RELEASE: 7 Sep 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A new report highlights the strong contribution of alcohol to the dramatic increase in the rate of death by injury after the age of fifteen, with many young people becoming victims of their own drinking or the drinking of others.
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A report describing the epidemiology of drowning in 0-24 year olds in New Zealand to identify where appropriate interventions might decrease child and youth mortality.
EVENT: 4 May 2012
Kids Trauma Conference 2012 is a multidisciplinary scientific and educational meeting for all workers in the fields of injury treatment, rehabilitation, research & prevention.
MEDIA RELEASE: 3 Mar 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Keeping children safe is one of the best ways to show they are treasured, say the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) and Safekids New Zealand.
NEWS: 18 Jan 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) is urging people to take extra care around children this summer to avoid incidents involving vehicles or alcohol.
NEWS: 13 May 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee is calling for greater efforts and awareness to protect young children from the risks of slow moving vehicles, especially in household driveways.
MEDIA RELEASE: 1 Aug 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) is delighted a zero alcohol limit for teenage drivers will apply from tomorrow.
NEWS: 2 Sep 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) has released a report examining deaths from low speed run overs and ways of preventing them.
NEWS: 7 Sep 2011, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A new report highlights the strong contribution of alcohol to the dramatic increase in the rate of death by injury after the age of fifteen, with many young people becoming victims of their own drinking or the drinking of others.