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	Local and international news Compassion in Healthcare (6) 4 COMPASSION IN HEALTHCARE   Innovative design collaboration tends to patients’ emotional needs The Centre for Compassion in healthcare was approached by the award-winning quality improvement team at Waitemata District Health Board with an interesting question: “How can we improve the emotional experience of patients in our breast cancer service?”    (2-Jul-09) National workshop on the role of compassion in healthcare In what may be a world-first event, senior leaders from healthcare and disability services across New Zealand met last Thursday at a national workshop to debate the role of compassion in healthcare.    (16-Jun-09) Centre for Compassion makes formal submission to Health and Disability Commissioner on amending the Code of Rights Formal submissions to HDC closed on 28th February and the Centre for Compassion in Healthcare made a formal submission to summarise the results of our petition and support from other parties. The Commissioner will now consider all the many submissions and write a report for the Minister of Health, who will make a decision about taking proposed amendments for parliamentary debate.   (1-Mar-09) Media Release: College of Nurses, Aotearoa, strongly supports campaign    (25-Feb-09) UK authorities acknowledge the leading role of the NZ Centre for Compassion in Healthcare Our campaign to strengthen the heart of healthcare and to find a better balance between clinical treatment and compassionate caring is resonating around the world. Authorities in the UK describe how our campaign has influenced government policy in the UK's National Health Service (NHS)   (9-Feb-09) MiNDFOOD Magazine highlights our campaign to change Code of Rights    (23-Jan-09) << BACK