This fact sheet provides health service organisations and clinicians with information on safety strategies and considerations related to the oxytocin injection supply disruption in Australia. 

This issue includes items on rural and remote health care, nursing, overdiagnosis, care improvement, guidance, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Nursing Leadership and the UK’s NICE.

Read the sixth edition of Person-centred Care Insights. Discover new initiatives and exciting developments in person-centred care from across our network. Find a range of tools, resources, event updates and training opportunities as well as recent publications that can support your practice.

This issue includes items on primary care, urgent and emergency care, performance, patient experience, medication safety, costs and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Prescriber, Health Policy, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE.

National trend data published today by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reveals a 31% fall in MBS-subsidised spirometry rates over eight years, despite the test being the gold standard for confirming a diagnosis of COPD. 

Released 25 June 2025

This issue includes items on the new Australian Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Accreditation Scheme, digital health literacy, performance, mental health, gaming and e-sports, health technology assessment, older patients, transitions of care, rheumatoid arthritis, and more. Along with the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety, Australian Health Review, Health Affairs, International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the UK’s NICE.