NZ Health Service: 76 Avoidable Deaths

More signs were released today that NZ’s health service is on the decline. A report by the Ministry of Health’s Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) entitled: ‘The Serious and Sentinel Events List’ detailed 258 incidents, including 76 deaths in the year to June 2008. This is a significant increase over the previous year when 182 incidents…

NZ Health Service: 76 Avoidable Deaths

More signs were released today that NZ’s health service is on the decline. A report by the Ministry of Health’s Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) entitled: ‘The Serious and Sentinel Events List’ detailed 258 incidents, including 76 deaths in the year to June 2008. This is a significant increase over the previous year when 182 incidents…

NZ Health Service: 76 Avoidable Deaths

More signs were released today that NZ’s health service is on the decline. A report by the Ministry of Health’s Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) entitled: ‘The Serious and Sentinel Events List’ detailed 258 incidents, including 76 deaths in the year to June 2008. This is a significant increase over the previous year when 182 incidents…