New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

In this schedule, activity means the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Maintenance of Professional Standards Program.

The objective of the activity is to improve the practices and competence of anaesthetists who are participating in the activity by assessing the health services performed by those anaesthetists.

(1) The activity is based on information derived from anaesthetists who are participating in the activity.

(2) The activity involves—

• (a) the examination of patients' records; and

• (b) the assessment of particular activities or interventions undertaken by anaesthetists to determine whether the activities or interventions—

  • (i) were appropriate; and

  • (ii) were of an excellent quality; and

  • (iii) gave satisfaction to the patients; and

• (c) the analysis of the following data on patients:

  • (i) admission and discharge; and

  • (ii) morbidity; and

  • (iii) mortality; and

  • (iv) outcomes of treatment; and

• (d) the identification and analysis of any process or practice that results in an outcome for patients which may, but need not be, an adverse outcome; and

• (e) the review and analysis, through peer review, of anaesthetists' medical knowledge, management, and inter-personal relationships; and

• (f) the making of recommendations on how the anaesthetists who are participating in the activity can improve their performance so as to—

  • (i) improve the quality of care they provide; and

  • (ii) reduce the incidence of adverse outcomes; and

• (g) the facilitation and monitoring of the implementation of any such recommendations.