Standards and accreditation updates

The Commission is seeking your feedback on the next stage of refining the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme (DIAS).

To describe the Commission's requirements for the notification of significant patient risks identified during the assessment of a healthcare service to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards).

To describe the Commission's requirements for healthcare services being accredited to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards) that are:

1. requesting additional time for remediation and/or extension of the accreditation expiry date
2. seeking to appeal a decision by the Commission relating to above
3. seeking to appeal on the basis the accrediting agency has not followed processes set out for the Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

To describe the Commission's requirements for awarding a ‘Not applicable’ rating for actions in the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards).

To describe the Commission's requirements for sampling multi-site healthcare services at assessment to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards).

To describe the Commission's requirements for healthcare services transitioning accrediting agencies for assessment to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards).

A newly updated and streamlined National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Assessor Orientation course is now available. The revised program is shorter, more focused and designed to better support new assessors as they begin their accreditation journey.

The Commission is seeking your input to better understand the safety and quality risks and contemporary practice of the pathology sector.

Have your say on emerging safety and quality concerns and the required changes to the current edition of the Human Haemopoietic Progenitor Cells (HHPC) Standard (Sixth Edition 2021). The survey closes on 13 February 2026.

The Commission has released the latest draft of the National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Standards (draft Standards), ahead of a regulatory impact assessment.