This issue includes items on the latest CARAlert annual report, health equity, mental health, long-term care, nursing, surgery, ward rounds, venous thromboembolism and more.

Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, HealthcarePapers International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s Patient Safety Learning, the USA’s AHRQ and Canada’s Healthcare Excellence.

The Commission is proposing changes to the accreditation of medical imaging practices. The Australian Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Accreditation (ASQMIA) Scheme proposal describes the accreditation framework components, including cycle length, types of assessment notification, the assessment cycle, assessment methodology and its application to different kinds of imaging practices.

These are the Terms of Reference for the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Project Advisory Committee (the Committee), which provides advice to the Commission on the development of the NSQHS Standards (third edition). 

The Committee is guided by the aims of the NSQHS Standards to provide a structured framework to ensure nationally consistent safety and quality systems are in place to deliver high-quality care.

The inaugural meeting of the NSQHS Standards Project Advisory Committee was held on 19 March 2025 via videoconference.