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…

Perceptions of Migrant Doctors in New Zealand

An interesting report appeared in the NZMA in February 2006. The study identified four key issues that afffected Overseas Trained Doctors (ODTs) in New Zealand: “Work issues which included difficulty finding employment and difficulty integrating into their work role; A bridging programme which improved the ability of OTDs to gain knowledge and experience of the…