The Commission is now operating in accordance with the Caretaker ConventionsExternal link pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.
This self-assessment tool is a resource that initially helps digital mental health service providers to determine how well they meet the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards. Service providers are encouraged to review the NSQDMH Standards and assess and record their progress using the self-assessment tool.
To ensure that a patient remains under the care of the operating ophthalmologist (or, where necessary, that this care is delegated to an appropriately qualified clinician) until they have recovered from cataract surgery.
To improve patient care by ensuring appropriate use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and postoperative topical anti-inflammatory medicines.
To ensure that patients with clinically significant cataract are prioritised for surgery according to their clinical needs, including consideration of the possible adverse outcomes if surgery is delayed.
To ensure that patients with clinically significant cataract are offered cataract surgery when appropriate according to clinical criteria.
To ensure that a patient’s first clinic appointment is allocated in a timely manner appropriate to their clinical need, based on documented and approved protocols that specify how patients will be assessed and prioritised.
To ensure that patients with cataract receive accurate and balanced information about the surgical and non-surgical options available to them, and the likely benefits and potential harms of each option to enable an informed decision about whether to have cataract surgery.
To ensure the appropriate management and referral of patients with suspected cataract in primary care and that, when patients are referred, enough information is provided to support triage by the receiving clinician or health service organisation.