2025
Fact sheet
This fact sheet provides guidance on how an incident arising from a clinical trial is identified, reported, and managed in Health Service Organisations (HSOs).
On the Radar Issue 701 is now available.
The first public consultation on the NSQHS Standards (third edition) closed on 30 September 2025.
2025
Newsletter
This issue includes items on the updated Preventing falls and harm from falls best practice in older people: Best Practice Guidelines, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), audit and feedback, prevention, patient-centred care, partnering with consumers, intimate partner violence, and more. Along with the latest from Clinical Communiqué, BMJ Leader, Emergency Medicine Australasia, and International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
2025
Fact sheet
Spirometry is a common lung function test used to monitor and diagnose lung and airway conditions. This factsheet includes practical strategies to help reduce the risk of infection transmission during spirometry testing.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released revised national guidance on how to prevent falls and fall-related injury. This is the first revision of the Falls Guidelines since 2009.
2025
Fact sheet
This fact sheet provides practical strategies for the safe use of CLONazepam oral liquid in clinical practice and includes standardised recommendations for the safe prescribing, dispensing and administering of CLONazepam oral liquid for clinicians and health service organisations.
Today the Commission has released a new Atlas Focus Report examining care for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The report highlights important trends and variation in two critical aspects of care: spirometry and prescribing of COPD long-acting inhalers.
2025
Case study
STORY OF EXCELLENCE
Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is essential to safeguard the effectiveness of antimicrobial medicines. Beyond annual point prevalence surveys, the Canberra Health Services AMS team decided they needed more detail, more often. After implementing monthly audits, the team could monitor the impact of new initiatives such as verifying antibiotic allergies and real-time prompts for guideline-recommended prescribing.
2025
Case study
STORY OF EXCELLENCE
A short notice accreditation assessment found monitoring of clinical variation needed strengthening. Northern NSW Local Health District had 60 days to improve its monitoring and reporting processes, before the next follow-up assessment. They took stock and set about building a stronger, data-driven system that is supported by clinicians - starting with some innovative changes to their audit tool.
The 10th Anniversary Clinical Care Standards Excellence Awards were announced in July 2025.