The Ministry of Health has published an evaluation of a restorative process designed to listen, understand, and address the harms New Zealanders suffered as result of surgical mesh.
The evaluation report, ‘Healing after Harm: An evaluation of a restorative approach for addressing harm from surgical mesh, Kia ora te tangata: He arotakenga i te whakahaumanu’ was commissioned from a team of researchers at Victoria University’s Te Ngāpara Centre for Restorative Practice who evaluated information provided by 230 people who took part in the restorative process.
The restorative process was co-designed by the Ministry of Health, advocacy group Mesh Down Under and Te Ngāpara Centre for Restorative Practice, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington and delivered in three phases from July to December 2019 – Listening and Understanding, Planning and Acting, and Reporting and Evaluating. It’s thought to be the first time a restorative approach has been applied to a national healthcare issue in New Zealand or around the world.
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