Portrait image of Conjoint Professor Carolyn Hullick, Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
CEO MESSAGE
This Sunday is World Patient Safety Day, a global movement to champion safer healthcare practices.
- Conjoint Professor Anne Duggan, CEO
CMO MESSAGE
On World Sepsis Day, we recognise efforts across the globe to strive for better sepsis care, and to reduce the impact of this life-threatening illness.
- Conjoint Associate Professor Carolyn Hullick, Chief Medical Officer
The Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard describes what each quality statement means for consumers, clinicians, and healthcare services. It provides indicators to support local monitoring and includes information about using clinical care standards.
This Guide has been developed by consumers for consumers. It explains how to build and strengthen consumer partnerships at all levels of the health system.
On the Radar Issue 619 is now available.
In this six-part Consumer Insights Video Series, you can hear from consumer representatives working in health care. Across the series, consumers share their perceptions, experiences and recommendations, helping to raise awareness and inspire positive change.
Register now to hear from our panel members about Brisbane South PHN’s Person-centred Care Practice Initiative and toolkit.
Show your support for the clinical care standard by downloading and sharing the content on your website, social networks or within your health service. You are encouraged to use these resources to raise awareness about the new standard and best practice care for hip fracture.
The updated Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard was developed by the Commission, in partnership with health service organisations, clinicians and consumers. See which organisations have endorsed the standard.
Many people with a hip fracture wait longer than is optimal for surgery – despite some hospitals making a dramatic improvement in time to surgery in the past few years.
Released 11 September 2023