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Resources for food-related choking in young children
The Ministry of Health has reviewed and updated its recommendations to decrease the risk of food-related choking in babies and young children. The updated advice expands on previous Ministry advice and includes a list of foods considered to be of a h
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The Sixth Report on the Activities of the Child & Youth Mortality Committee - 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011
The Committee's report to the Commission.
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Housing New Zealand congratulated on safe driveway award
The Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates Housing New Zealand for its award-winning work on improving the safety of the driveways in its houses.
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Drop in teenage drink-drive convictions
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee is delighted that figures show that there has been a reduction in teenage drink-drive convictions.
- Safety considerations for parents when purchasing second-hand infant sleep products
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Special report: Child and youth mortality from motorcycle, quad bike and motorised agricultural vehicle use
Special report from the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee: Child and youth mortality from motorcycle, quad bike and motorised agricultural vehicle use, with a focus on deaths under age 15 years.
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Annual CYMRC workshop focuses on Te Tiriti-led quality improvement
Te Tiriti-led quality improvement across the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mortality review programme was the focus for the two-day annual workshop of the Child Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC).
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Report looks at deadly impacts of alcohol on children and young people
A new report highlights the strong contribution of alcohol to the dramatic increase in the rate of death by injury after the age of fifteen, with many young people becoming victims of their own drinking or the drinking of others.
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Fatigue and familiarity push up rural crash risks
Fatigue is one of the most significant risk factors in rural road deaths according to a recent analysis of crashes involving dairy farmers and their employees.
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Special report on alcohol related deaths
Special Report: The involvement of alcohol consumption in the deaths of children and young people in New Zealand during the years 2005–2007