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A review of the rehabilitation collaborative, 1 year on.

This document is a summary of the improvement work of the national traumatic brain injury project.

This document presents the history of managing critical haemorrhage in New Zealand, an evidence summary that justifies the proposed next steps and a description of the intended critical haemorrhage project approach.

This document summarises the nine completed collaborative projects from the trauma rehabilitation collaborative | te ohu whakaora tūkino.

The transition from hospital to home can be challenging for patients who have experienced major trauma. The team at Te Whatu Ora – Nelson Marlborough identified that discharge information is often complex and confusing for patients.

A case study from Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland, who improved the discharge pathway for people hospitalised with traumatic brain injury.

This project, Te Ara Mārama, aimed to encourage collaboration between community health providers and inpatient rehabilitation services to support Māori trauma patients in their transition from inpatient to community care.

This evaluation of the trauma rehabilitation collaborative, run from March 2021 to June 2022, is to determine how the collaborative has met the project aims and its performance in meeting the Te Tāhū Hauora strategic priorities.

This project aimed to understand allied health input into the care of major trauma patients and investigate opportunities to improve trauma rehabilitation and enhance patient experiences at Wellington Regional Hospital.

Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau has long had a process in place to screen for post-traumatic amnesia following suspected traumatic brain injury. However, inaccuracies in the way the assessments were performed increased the risk of missing diagnoses.