Working with clinicians, providers, consumers and whānau to improve health and disability support services.

Punaha ahuru

System safety

The way we think about safety in the health sector has changed over recent years. We are increasingly recognising the health care system is a complex system that constantly adapts to change.

Te āhua o te kaitātaki me ngā mahi ka taea

Leadership and capability

Our quality improvement science education and training courses provide skills to address local improvement challenges, and build our ability to draw on what is available nationally.

Te rōpū tohutohu rautaki ārai mate

Infection prevention and control

The Te Tāhū Hauora national infection prevention and control programme aims to improve patient outcomes by reducing the incidence and impact of healthcare-associated infections within the Aotearoa New Zealand health sector.

New data shows surgery mortality outcomes improving

A new ‘Surgery and risk in Aotearoa New Zealand’ infographic has been released with data updated to December 2023 showing overall surgical mortality rates in New Zealand are not increasing.

Issue #37 | news from Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission

Read issue #37 of our newsletter which contains updates, news and events from our work streams and programmes.

Consumer health forum Aotearoa update – July 2024

The July 2024 update about the consumer health forum Aotearoa, from the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission Māori health and consumer team.

Frustration as inequities continue to impact Aotearoa New Zealand's perinatal death rates

Unaddressed inequities mean Aotearoa New Zealand’s perinatal death rates have shown no significant change for 15 years.

Quality of Aotearoa New Zealand’s health care system affected by turbulence of global pandemic and health system transformation

A new report from Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission (Te Tāhū Hauora) highlights issues affecting the quality and safety of Aotearoa New Zealand’s health care system.