18 Mar 2025

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programme transitioning to Health NZ

The IPC programme will be transitioning to Health NZ by 30 June 2025.

12 Mar 2025

Fatality rate from major trauma continues to decline

The Trauma National Clinical Network annual report for 2023/24 shows the lowest fatality rate for major trauma since the New Zealand trauma system was established in 2012.

04 Mar 2025

Te Tāhū Hauora chief executive resigns

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission Chief Executive Dr Peter Jansen has tendered his resignation due to ill health.

12 Feb 2025

Project leads to brain injuries being proactively identified

Lessons from an initiative aimed at improving identification of brain injury in patients admitted to hospital with major trauma will now be shared across the sector.

19 Dec 2024

Infection prevention and control news

Read the December 2024 news from our infection prevention and control programme.

02 Dec 2024

New report into impacts of cultural loading on Māori doctors released

Te Tāhū Hauora partnered with Te ORA to investigate the cultural loading experienced by Māori doctors, the results have been published in the new report ‘The Colonial Tax: Cultural Loading of Māori Doctors’.

29 Nov 2024

Te Tāhū Hauora Annual Report 2023/24

Our annual report showcases the breadth of work that Te Tāhū Hauora undertook in the 2023/24 financial year.

22 Nov 2024

Issue #39 | news from Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality and Safety Commission

20 Nov 2024

Updated clinical governance framework released

‘Collaborating for quality: a framework for clinical governance | He mahi ngātahi kia kounga: He anga hei whakahaere whare haumanu' sets out a high-level framework for clinical governance in health and disability services in Aotearoa.

12 Nov 2024

Abuse in care: statement from Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission Board

The Board of Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality and Safety Commission has welcomed the apology to the victims of abuse in care.

06 Nov 2024

Release of findings from Family Violence Death Review data related to stalking, 2020-2024

In October, the Family Violence Subject Matter Experts (FV SMEs) released a paper summarising findings from death review data relating to stalking.

04 Nov 2024

New consumer resources about managing stress urinary incontinence

The Surgical Mesh Roundtable expects that new guides about managing stress urinary incontinence will be used by health care professionals when discussing treatment options with patients.