Ms Gillian Bohm, of Wellington, ONZM for services to health
Gillian Bohm began nursing in 1967 has since been a key founder and leader of quality improvement and quality assurance systems in healthcare. She has been Senior Advisor at the Health Funding Authority and Principal Advisor at the Ministry of Health. She was the inaugural Chief Advisor on the Quality Improvement Committee and moved to an equivalent leadership role with the Health Quality Safety Commission, where she initiated and delivered New Zealand’s first ever quality improvement science education programme. She helped to develop the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Standards. She directed the establishment of the first National Mortality Review Committee. Ms Bohm has been an active member of the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance, Joint Commission International, and the Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care.