Health Quality & Safety Commission e-update, Issue 54 online now

The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-update for the period of 15 August–4 September 2016 is now available online.

In this issue:

• Lifting the lid on death and dying: New Zealand's first national advance care planning forum
• Sir Andrew Dillon on the nature of variation
• ACP forum: Call for posters
• Deadline extended for Whakakotahi applications
• Call for nominations for the maternal morbidity regional review panels
• Reducing Harm from Falls programme evaluation
• Issue 5 of Focus on Falls out now
• Co-design programme begins in October
• Seeking examples of patient information resources
• Changes to the deteriorating patient programme team
• Anaesthetic technicians to audit team engagement during checklist sign out
• Free regional workshops with Professor Cliff Hughes
• Get your thinking caps on for our exciting Patient Safety Week competitions!

Read issue 54 of the Commission e-update.