The fact sheet aims to provide health service organisations with guidance on implementing the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Health Care Standards.

The fact sheet aims to provide consumers with a brief introduction to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

The Primary and Community Healthcare Standards aim to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of health care delivered by describing a nationally consistent framework, which all primary and community healthcare services can apply when delivering health care.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, health care costs as a barrier to care, healthcare management, mental health and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Australian Health Review, Journal of Patient Safety & Risk Management, Health Affairs and Health Expectations along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.