Media releases

MEDIA RELEASE The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is pleased to announce it has been tasked with developing national safety and quality standards for virtual care, with the support of the Australian Government and the Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, and Minister for Disability and the National...

MEDIA RELEASE For 46,000 people likely to have a stroke in Australia this year, an updated national standard puts in place steps to equip them to rebuild their lives and regain independence when they return home. Download PDF

MEDIA RELEASE A new National Model for Clinical Governance (national model) will support public and private hospitals to deliver better outcomes for patients amid mounting pressures on the health system.  Download PDF

MEDIA RELEASE A new national Standard will improve care for more than 15,000 Australians each year who are among the sickest patients in a hospital and need urgent surgery for life-threatening abdominal conditions. Download PDF

MEDIA RELEASE A new national framework has been released to support health services to reduce medication-related errors and hospital readmission rates for patients who are transitioning between care settings.

MEDIA RELEASE The National Medicines Symposium 2025, hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, will explore this issue under the theme ‘Quality use of medicines in people with diabetes’.

MEDIA RELEASE A new data report by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care suggests a growing disparity in colonoscopy rates according to where people live and their socioeconomic status.

MEDIA RELEASE A landmark report released ahead of World Sepsis Day, 13 September 2025, reveals that sepsis is more prevalent, deadly and costly than previously understood – prompting renewed calls to improve early detection, data quality and clinical care across the healthcare system.

MEDIA RELEASE The Commission today unveiled a new strategic plan and brand – a refreshed direction for leading healthcare improvement over the next five years.

MEDIA RELEASE Australia is managing chronic conditions well compared to other countries, according to a ground-breaking international survey of patients on their health outcomes and experiences with GP practices. Australia performed better or close to the OECD average in 10 health areas measured. We ranked in the top 5 countries in 4 areas:...

MEDIA RELEASE Australians living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are being exposed to greater health risks as the use of a critical diagnostic test has fallen dramatically, according to a new national report released today by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

MEDIA RELEASE As Australia's population continues to age, the need for more appropriate and safer medicine use is critical. The National Medicines Symposium 2024, hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, will address this issue under the theme ‘Appropriate Use of Medicines in an Ageing Population.’

MEDIA RELEASE One in 13 Australians over the age of 40 have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but alarmingly only half of them know they have it.  Awareness of this incurable lung disease – which makes it difficult to breathe – lags considerably behind other serious chronic health conditions, despite COPD being a leading cause of...

MEDIA RELEASE For more than a million Australians who live with pain and disability from osteoarthritis of the knee, surgery is often seen as an inevitable magic bullet.

MEDIA RELEASE National trend data published today by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reveals a 20% fall in hysterectomy rates over eight years – an encouraging sign that women may be opting for less invasive treatments to manage heavy periods. 

MEDIA RELEASE Today marks a significant milestone in health care as the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) introduces a national standard to improve the care of people with cognitive disability or impairment.

MEDIA RELEASE  On World Hand Hygiene Day this Sunday 5 May, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care urges Australians to continue to practise good hand hygiene as the first-line defence to reduce the spread of harmful germs.

MEDIA RELEASE  The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) welcomes the appointment of Professor Christine Kilpatrick AO as the Commission’s new Board Chair for a five-year term.