This issue includes items on World Hand Hygiene Day, patient safety, improvement, fatigue, continuity and co-ordination of care, workarounds, voluntary assisted dying, guidance, and more.

Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Prescriber, Nursing Leadership, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Patient Experience Journal, Healthcare Policy, Health Policy, American Journal of Medical Quality, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE and NIHR the USA’s AHRQ.

This Communiqué provides an update on the seventh meeting of the National Sepsis Program Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

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This Communiqué provides an update on the sixth meeting of the National Sepsis Program Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

This quiz is designed for healthcare workers to support local World Hand Hygiene Day (WHHD) activities. It includes 10 true or false questions focused on effective hand hygiene and appropriate glove use. It can be completed quickly, individually or in a group ahead of WHHD 2025 on 5 May.

The full list of questions and answers from the Person-centred care in practice webinar 'Better Together: Transforming healthcare complaints', held on 2 April 2025.

This poster can be displayed above hand washing sinks in your healthcare setting or workplace to show that there are five easy steps for glove use.

Everyone can help to improve hand hygiene practices and reduce unnecessary waste.