The release of the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards in November 2020 was a significant step in providing safety and quality assurance for digital mental health service users, and best practice guidance for service providers.

The Commission has released the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards User Guide for Acute and Community Mental Health Services (the user guide). 

Today is World Sepsis Day – an opportunity to unite globally in the fight against sepsis.

World Patient Safety Day is an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO). This day calls for global solidarity in the improvement of patient safety. 

Two new reports from the Commission reveal a decline in dispensing of high-risk medicines over five years but continuing variation across the country.

The Commission's User Guide for Reviewing Clinical Variation is now available in a new interactive online format, making it easier for health services to use data to support appropriate care and access practical case studies.

The Commission is pleased to announce three organisations have been approved to conduct accreditation assessments to the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards.

Today the Commission releases six new action guides to help service providers understand and implement the Digital Mental Health Standards.

The Commission has released two new quality improvement tools to help healthcare services implement the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard launched earlier this year.

Three national quality use of medicines (QUM) publications have been updated to improve the quality and safety of medication management for all Australians.