Is high-quality trauma care "business as usual" in new Zealand?
Civil, I.; Isles, S.
New Zealand Medical Journal 130(1455): 120-122
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1175-8716 PMID: 28494484 Document Number: 692719
New Zealand is on the cusp of establishing a world-class trauma system. Many of the building blocks are in place with national and regional guidelines in both the pre-hospital and hospital phases of care established. A dedicated clinical workforce is available in all DHBs and national data available through the Major Trauma Registry. The greatest threat to achieving high-quality trauma care in New Zealand at this point is governance stability rather than clinical variability. Now is the time to lock the trauma system into a framework not subject to political or bureaucratic whims.