Ko Awatea is delighted to welcome Professor Su Maddock, who will present a lunchtime learning session at Ko Awatea Centre entitled Mental Health Innovation in the UK: Mainstreaming a Personalised, User-based and Co-designed Approach to Mental Health Recovery on 24 February. Professor Maddock’s presentation will convey the chronology of mental health recovery interventions and offer…
As part of the Nursing and Midwifery celebrations in the first week of May, the Pacific Nursing and Midwifery Leaders Group held the second Talanoa networking forum for this year at Ko Awatea. Talanoa was attended by over 80 health professionals – doctors, medical students, nurses, nursing students, social workers, social worker students and educators.…
On April 24 Ko Awatea welcomed Dr Ian Sturgess, National Clinical Lead for Urgent and Emergency Care in the UK and key driver for the production of the UK Directory of Ambulatory Care Dr Sturgess hosted a clinical session around Managing Acute Care for People across the Health Care System and shared his experience of…
Let’s talk about: “Building Bridges – Professional growth for Pacific Mental Health Nurses” Talanoa is a networking forum that was established by the CMH Pacific Nursing and Midwifery Leaders Group in 2011. The purpose of Talanoa is for nurses, midwives, students and health workers to present, share, discuss and celebrate Pacific nursing and midwifery initiatives.…
On 11-12 March 110 team members gathered for the third Learning Session for 20,000 Days – a campaign aimed at giving back 20,000 well and healthy days to the community by July 1 this year. The learning session was a great opportunity to bring people together from across the sector to reflect on their progress,…
Target CLAB Zero – A National Celebration On 6-7 March 2013 56 team members from 17 DHBs attended the third and final learning session for Target CLAB Zero. It was an opportunity for people to celebrate their success and take a well deserved pat on the back for making the collaborative a major success. And…
A Counties Manukau Health initiative which began as a “grassroots movement”’ among staff has received national accreditation at Ko Awatea. At an evening function for invited guests held in late February, CM Health received CEMARS (Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme) certification from carboNZero Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Landcare Research. This certification…
Written by Martin Marshall, Lead for Improvement Science London and Professor of Healthcare Improvement at UCL. First posted on Improvement Science London on July 18, 2012. The English language is a fascinating thing; powerful in the hands of Shakespeare and Yeats, inadequate in the hands of, well, me. An uncomfortable light has been shone on…
Ko Awatea had the pleasure of hosting Martin Marshall, from UCL a Professor of Healthcare Improvement and lead for Improvement Science London. Martin started off his day at Ko Awatea with a tour of the Centre before giving a lunchtime Brown Bag session for staff on “What is Improvement Science?” Martin joined UCL in January…
The Rheumatic Fever conference was held at Ko Awatea on Tuesday 27th November seeing over 170 guests in attendance. Rheumatic Fever is now a declared child health target and a national prevention programme is in progress. This one day conference encompassed an update, reviewed progress and discussed looking to the future, roles and responsibilities. The…