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13 Jan 2020
Third learning session held for Connecting care: Improving service transitions | Te tūhono i ngā manaakitanga, te whakapai ake i ngā whakawhitinga ratonga
Connecting care is one of the five priority areas for the Commission’s national five-year mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
10 Jan 2020
Improving safety in response to mental health and addiction adverse events
Learning from adverse events and consumer, family and whānau experience is one of the five priority areas for the Commission’s national five-year mental health and addiction quality improvement programme.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
29 Nov 2019
Blog: Mental health and addiction programme placement provides space to learn, grow and develop
Grace Mua is a Bachelor of Social Work student at Massey University, who recently completed a four-month placement with the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA)...
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
26 Nov 2019
Quality improvement in mental health at Canterbury DHB
Vicki Dent, acting quality manager, Specialist Mental Health Services at Canterbury District Health Board, explains what she hopes to achieve in her role working in quality improvement.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
11 Oct 2019
Making mental health a priority during Mental Health Awareness Week
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme organised several activities to acknowledge and celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 (23–29 September).
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
08 Oct 2019
Profile: Leigh Murray, family advisor at Auckland DHB
Leigh Murray works for Auckland District Health Board (DHB) mental health services as a family advisor. Leigh recently presented at the Commission's MHA programme's learning session in August.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
02 Oct 2019
Project to improve safety in response to mental health and addiction adverse events
The Commission’s mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme recently launched a project to engage all stakeholders and improve the experience of consumers, family and whānau and staff involved in an adverse event.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
20 Sep 2019
Mental Health and Addiction Quality Improvement Programme congratulates Heather Casey
Heather Casey, Southern District Health Board Director of Nursing Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability has been recognised at the 2019 Mental Health Service Awards of Australia and New Zealand programme for service to mental health.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
29 Aug 2019
Blog: Using a restorative approach to respond to adverse events
Jo Wailling is a registered nurse and research associate with the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice, Victoria University of Wellington.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
23 Aug 2019
Second learning session held for Connecting Care: Improving service transitions
The second learning session for Connecting Care: Improving service transitions/Te tūhono i ngā manaakitanga, te whakapai ake i ngā whakawhitinga ratonga was held in Auckland on 7 August and Wellington on 8 August.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement