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Petala's story: The importance of meeting cultural needs for Pacific Island families
Petala was anxious when she found out she was pregnant. She wanted a Pacific Island midwife as she says coming from a Samoan family she thrives on community. Petala talks about the need for education around pregnancy and sex in the Pacific community.
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New guide supports people with disabilities through the United Nations complaints process
Consumer network member, Martine Abel-Williamson attended the launch of a new guide last month, which aims to help people with a disability navigate the process of making a complaint to the United Nations.
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Supporting whānau through trauma – Te Rina’s story
A powerful and moving speech from Te Rina Ruru was the focus of a grand round at Bay of Plenty District Health Board last week.
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Consumer network welcomes new members
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s consumer network welcomed seven new members at a recent meeting held in Wellington.
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An interview with champion of consumer/whānau engagement Dr Lynne Maher
Dr Lynne Maher is the principal of co-design at Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau Health’s centre for health system innovation and improvement.
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Consumer health forum Aotearoa update – September 2022
The September 2022 update about the consumer health forum Aotearoa is now available.
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Cancer Society survivorship consensus statement
As cancer treatments improve more people are living with, through and beyond cancer. Support for these people and their whānau is important.
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome video series: how a multidisciplinary team helped improve patient outcomes
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Results of the all-of-Commission consumer forum survey
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Partners in Care team held an all-of-Commission consumer forum in May 2019.
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Nudges to improve patient experience
Using insights from behavioural science, the Health Quality & Safety Commission worked with Ogilvy and Nelson Marlborough, Northland and Waikato district health boards (DHBs) to develop ‘nudges’.