This issue includes items on COVID-19, the forthcoming launch of the new Cataract Clinical Care Standard, telehealth and virtual care, patient experience, international health system comparisons, access to health care, medication safety in the community, and more.

To provide guidance on conducting hybrid assessments to the NSQHS Standards to accrediting agencies and health service organisations .

The Cataract Clinical Care Standard contains eight quality statements and six indicators to improve pathways of care and access for people with clinically significant cataract.

This fact sheet explains how the standard applies in all healthcare settings where care is provided to patients with cataract, including primary care, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services, hospitals and privately-operated eye clinics.