Media releases

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.