Cathy Cummings
Director, DAA Group

Cathy is the Manukura (Managing Director) of The DAA Group. Cathy has wide and in-depth experience in health and disability services, having worked in the health sector as a registered nurse in New Zealand, Australia and in the United Kingdom. 

Cathy has extensive auditing and quality management experience in most sectors of health. 

Cathy has twice been a member of the committee for the national review of the Health and Disability Sector Standards and has previously been on the development committee for many other New Zealand Health standards.  Cathy is also a member of the Australian Council for Healthcare Standards committee and is an international surveyor for ISQua – the organisation that accredits the accreditor.  
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Cathy is a member of the Institute of Directors, and is a Fellow and National Council Member of the Australasian College of Health Service Managers.

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New Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standards

​We are all trying to understand the new requirements of Nga Paerewa.  During this session, DAA Group Kaumatua Brian Emery and Manukura (Managing Director) Cathy Cummings share knowledge of how we arrived at this point in time with the standards, and resources and ideas for how you can interpret and meet Nga Paerewa criteria in your organisations.
They will reassure you that we are learning together.