Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand

We're looking for a new Clinical Lead - National Mortality Review. The primary purpose of the role is to understand the basis for inequities in perinatal and maternal outcomes for Pacific women and their babies. There will also be an opportunity to contribute to an understanding of inequities in diabetes-related mortality and organisational understandings of Pacific engagement with health services and health interventions. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gVbpYgH8

Content warning: this post discusses issues of stalking and family violence. The Family Violence Subject Matter Experts, on behalf of the National Mortality Review Committee (NMRC) have released a paper summarising findings from death review data relating to stalking. It draws from a number of cases to highlight the different ways stalking can occur and describes common themes and stalking behaviour from the data. These findings will help inform the development of new stalking legislation and can be used as a learning tool for those working across the family violence and social service sectors. Follow the link below to read the paper and watch the recent presentation of its findings. https://lnkd.in/g4P3CSHZ

We’re looking forward to celebrating Aotearoa Patient Safety Day next Friday and encourage you to take a look at the resources on our website ahead of the day. There are videos, digital downloads and guides to support this year’s theme of “Supporting diagnosis: improving outcomes through listening and manaakitanga”. Click this link to take a look! https://lnkd.in/g6Duhjyv

Health care professionals are being urged to make use of two new guides about managing stress urinary incontinence when discussing treatment options with patients.  Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission and Ministry of Health New Zealand Manatū Hauora recently released ‘Understanding and managing urinary incontinence’ and ‘Surgery for stress urinary incontinence’.   Development of the guides was one of four conditions of lifting the pause on the use of surgical mesh.  Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3Ahh0NA

It was great to have the chance to share lessons from Aotearoa with our international colleagues at the recent Australia New Zealand Trauma Society conference. The theme was Improving the Patient Journey. Te Tāhū Hauora clinical Lead for trauma rehabilitation, Kat Quick (pictured), and quality improvement advisor Jess Lockett presented on: - the use of quality improvement to transform brain injury assessment in the major trauma population - highlights from the quality improvement facilitators course - and implementation of co-design and integrating allied health into the NZ trauma system. Visit our website to learn more about our work: https://lnkd.in/g5BF6iNm #ANZTS24

Applications are now open for 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 starting in February 2025. This programme delivered by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is designed for an Aotearoa New Zealand health and disability context incorporating te ao Māori principles and enabling weaving of these principles through improvement activities across the sector, with a focus on reducing inequities. The Improving together: Facilitators Programme builds practical quality improvement skills and knowledge to enable participants to lead quality improvement activities in their area of work. To find out more email learning.capability@tewhatuora.govt.nz for an application or more details. Applications close at 𝟱𝗽𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.

Bennett Pomana spent 10 days in an induced coma in Wellington Regional Hospital's intensive care unit after developing sepsis in December 2022.  He’s still suffering from a range of health effects. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. It causes serious harm to thousands of people in Aotearoa New Zealand every year.  To watch the full video of Bennett and his wife Pepa sharing their story, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eeNZN3ki Sepsis Trust NZ

Aotearoa Patient Safety Day is just around the corner on November 15. This year’s theme is “Supporting diagnosis: improving outcomes through listening and manaakitanga”. You can read more about the theme at the link below, and take a look at our range of resources to support the day: https://lnkd.in/g6Duhjyv

Check out our updated surgery outcomes infographic summarising risks associated with elective and emergency surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand. Covering a range of information including risk factors, the infographic can be used by health care professionals when discussing upcoming surgery with patients. View the full infographic: https://bit.ly/3NycaOL

Do you have a good understanding of health data, clinical evidence and Aotearoa New Zealand’s health sector? We’re looking for a Senior Advisor – Variations Programme, to support our work on the Atlas of Healthcare Variation. The Atlas is a quality improvement tool that can be used to identify potential areas for improvement and areas where things are working well. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gcTgXzCM