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16 Apr 2020
Quality and safety marker (QSM) collection and reporting suspended until 30 June 2020
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has temporarily suspended the requirement for DHBs to collect and report on QSM measures that are manually collected until 30 June 2020.
Health Quality Intelligence
09 Apr 2020
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 113 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 12 March to 8 April 2020 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
01 Apr 2020
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 110 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 6 to 29 January 2020 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
31 Mar 2020
Flexible, responsive family violence services needed during COVID-19 crisis
The Family Violence Death Review Committee is adding its voice to the calls to ensure flexible, responsive family violence services are provided during the COVID-19 crisis.
Family Violence Death Review Committee
30 Mar 2020
Worried about COVID-19? In uncertain times it's good to make a plan
Aotearoa is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an unsettling time, and it is natural for people to be anxious.
Advance care planning ACP info for consumers
27 Mar 2020
Consumer network welcomes new members
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s consumer network welcomed seven new members at a recent meeting held in Wellington.
Partners in Care
26 Mar 2020
Theme and activity for Patient Safety Day 2020
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a new World Patient Safety Day, to be held annually on 17 September. From this year, New Zealand will align with the WHO’s campaign, instead of holding a separate awareness week in November.
Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
18 Mar 2020
The Fono looks to extend award-winning quality improvement project’s reach
An award-winning quality improvement project to reduce the rate of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) among under-25-year-olds in West Auckland’s Tuvaluan community aims to be extended to other Pacific communities.
Primary care
12 Mar 2020
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 112 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 20 February to 11 March 2020 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
28 Feb 2020
Blog: Working restoratively to co-create safe health care – part two
Jo Wailling, research associate with the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice at Victoria University of Wellington and Wi Keelan mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme kaumātua explore...
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
28 Feb 2020
Blog: Working restoratively to co-create safe health care – part one
Jo Wailling, research associate with the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice at Victoria University of Wellington and Wi Keelan mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme kaumātua explore...
Mental health & addiction quality improvement