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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
10 Oct 2019
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 106 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 19 September to 9 October 2019 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
09 Oct 2019
Warning bells as health and social policy ignores Asian mental health
The Suicide Mortality Review Committee says health and social policy should not ignore Asian mental health.
Suicide Mortality Review Committee
09 Oct 2019
Unique opportunity to hear from experts in evidence-based medicine
Using evidence to increase equity in health care and address over-diagnosis and over-treatment will be the subject of a unique, one-day conference in Auckland.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
08 Oct 2019
Commission attends practice managers conference
Representatives from the Health Quality & Safety Commission profiled a range of our primary care-related work at the Practice Managers and Administrators Association of New Zealand (PMAANZ) conference in September.
Primary care
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
04 Oct 2019
Commission welcomes new chair and board members
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is pleased to welcome a new board chair and five new board members.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
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
01 Oct 2019
Health sector a core focus of UN’s International Day of Older Persons ‘journey to age equality’
In around thirty years time it’s expected there will be more older people than children – for the first time in history.
Aged residential care
01 Oct 2019
On Older Persons Day, think twice about that medical test or treatment
On International Day of Older Persons, the Choosing Wisely campaign is encouraging people to think twice before they have a test, treatment or procedure.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
01 Oct 2019
Quality improvement changes reduce waiting times for lymphoedema patients
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.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission