Robin Youngson is a recently retired anaesthetic specialist who has worked in New Zealand public hospitals for 30 years. Youngson is fully vaccinated. Youngson was a founding member and Acting Chair of the EpiQual Committee, the first statutory committee giving independent advice to the Minister of Health of strategies for healthcare quality and safety. Youngson led the process to revise the terms of reference (approved by Cabinet) to set up the Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) to which he was also appointed. Youngson was seconded to the Ministry of Health and was the co-author of the report to the Minister that created the national frameworks and priorities to investment in healthcare quality and safety, which led to the creation of the Healthcare Quality and Safety Commission. Youngson was also the New Zealand representative on the WHO International Patient Safety Solutions Committee.