A new national framework designed to support the health and disability sector to mitigate and respond to health care harm in Aotearoa New Zealand has been released today by the National Collaborative for Restorative Initiatives in Health (the Collaborative). .
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission has today announced the appointment of Dr Peter Jansen as its new chief executive. Acting board chair Rae Lamb says Dr Jansen has had a long and distinguished health career and the board .
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 12:00 pm
If you have dementia, having an advance care plan means
people will know your wishes, even if you can no longer tell
them.
An advance care plan is a way for people to
think about, talk about and share what matters to them now
in case they are unable to say it later.
The Health
Quality & Safety Commission is launching a campaign
today focusing on advance care planning and dementia,
including a series of videos, which are available on its
website.
Sarah Togher - Dementia
Wellington
Advance care planning for people with
dementia takes time and needs sensitivity, says Sarah
Monday, 5 July 2021, 6:08 pm
A new report paints a stark picture of the health care
challenges faced by Pacific peoples in New Zealand and calls
for ambitious changes to the system to be made
urgently.
Bula Sautu: A window on quality 2021:
Pacific health in the year of COVID-19 was launched today in
Parliament by Minister for Pacific Peoples Hon Aupito
William Sio. The report is the latest in a series of
‘window’ publications from the Health Quality &
Safety Commission (the Commission). It considers the health
of Pacific peoples and provides a snapshot view of how the
health system is working (or not working) for
Monday, 19 April 2021, 11:59 am
The Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC) is
calling for district health boards (DHBs) to conduct an
in-depth review into all cases of major trauma resulting in
hospitalisation in Māori aged 15-18 years.
The
recommendation comes from the POMRC’s ninth report,
published today, which found that Māori youth aged between
15 and 18 years were three times more likely to die in the
30 days following major trauma than non-Māori in the same
age group.
The POMRC reviews deaths related to surgery
and anaesthesia that take place within the 30 days following
an operation. It advises the Health Quality & Safety