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2014/310 Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity—Waikato DHB) Notice 2014 Pursuant to section 54 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assur- ance Act 2003, the Minister of Health, being satisfied of the matters set out in section 54(3) of that Act, gives the following notice.
Contents Title Commencement Revocation of this notice Declaration of protected quality assurance activity Revocation Schedule Description of Waikato DHB quality assurance activity Page 1 1 1 2 2 2 Notice Title This notice is the Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Ac- tivity—Waikato DHB) Notice 2014.

Commencement This notice comes into force on 6 November 2014.
Revocation of this notice This notice is revoked at the end of the period for which it remains in force under section 54(4) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.
1 Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity—Waikato DHB) Notice 2014 2014/310 Declaration of protected quality assurance activity Each of the following quality assurance activities described in clauses 4 and 5 of the Schedule is a protected quality assurance activity: (a) mortality and morbidity reviews, and clinical case re- (b) views: credentialing of health practitioners in the context of the service.
Revocation The Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activ- ities—Waikato DHB) Notice 2009 (SR 2009/338) is revoked.
Schedule Description of Waikato DHB quality assurance activity cl 4 Interpretation In this schedule,— event means a process or practice that resulted, nearly re- sulted, or could have resulted in an adverse outcome for pa- tients participant means a health practitioner who— (a) is employed by Waikato DHB, is authorised by Waikato DHB to provide health services, or has an access agree- ment with Waikato DHB; and is participating in a quality assurance activity described in clause 4 or 5 (b) Waikato DHB means the Waikato district health board estab- lished by or under section 19(1) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000.
Objective The objective of an activity is to improve the practices and competence of participants by assessing the health services performed by them.

cl 4 4 5 1 2 2 2014/310 Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity—Waikato DHB) Notice 2014 Schedule 3 4 5 Information An activity is based on information derived from the partici- pants.
Mortality and morbidity reviews, and clinical case reviews The mortality and morbidity reviews, and clinical case reviews quality assurance activity involves— examining patient records; and (a) conducting case note reviews; and (b) identifying and analysing patient outcomes arising from (c) the conduct of mortality and morbidity studies; and (d) making recommendations on how the clinical practi- tioners who are engaging in the activity can improve their performance; and information and documentation arising from mortality, morbidity, and case reviews.
(e) Credentialing of health practitioners in the context of the service The credentialing of health practitioners in the context of the service quality assurance activity involves— (a) ensuring that each participant’s scope of practice is con- sistent with the requirements of the participant’s pos- ition description and within the context of their clinical unit/service to ensure patient and staff safety; and external peer review, which must occur with the in- volvement and input of all relevant professional advi- sors, including the review of— (i) (b) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) the clinical work the service is funded to provide; and the service’s goals and objectives; and the adequacy of the facilities and equipment; and the composition and skill level of the clinical team, including all health professionals; and participant workload; and the service outcome data, including clinical out- comes, patient satisfaction, and performance to plan; and 3 Explanatory note Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity—Waikato DHB) Notice 2014 2014/310 (vii) clinical teaching and research within the service; and (viii) clinical quality assurance and improvement pro- cesses; and the staff training and development environment.
(ix) Dated at Wellington this 15th day of September 2014.

Hon Tony Ryall, Minister of Health.

Explanatory note This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its gen- eral effect.

This notice, which comes into force on 6 November 2014, declares each of the 2 quality assurance activities sponsored by Waikato DHB to be a protected quality assurance activity.
The effect of this declar- ation is that— • any information that becomes known solely as a result of the activity is confidential; and any documents brought into existence solely for the purposes of the activity are confidential; and the persons who engage in the activity in good faith are im- mune from civil liability.

• • The protections afforded by this notice are subject to certain statutory exceptions.
For example, this notice does not prohibit the disclosure of information that does not identify, either expressly or by implica- tion, a particular individual.

Under section 54(4) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assur- ance Act 2003, this notice remains in force for a period of 5 years after the date on which it is issued, unless it is sooner revoked.
4 2014/310 Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity—Waikato DHB) Notice 2014 Explanatory note This notice revokes the Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Ac- tivities—Waikato DHB) Notice 2009.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 18 September 2014.

This notice is administered by the Ministry of Health.

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