This issue includes items on primary care, burnout and moral injury, antimicrobial resistance, clinical trials (including the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework), digital health, medication safety, obstetrics, falls prevention, healthcare-associated infections, COVID-19 and more. Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety and the Australian Journal of Primary Health along with early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

The quality statements for the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard are based on best available evidence and guideline recommendations at the time of development. This summary describes the relevance of each evidence source to the quality statements.

This resource accompanies the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard. It describes what the quality statements mean for healthcare services and provides indicators to support local quality improvement activity.

This resource lists the seven quality statements in the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard and describes what each statement means for clinicians involved in the assessment and management of people with a suspected hip fracture. 

This guide to the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard (2023) explains what each quality statement means for consumers, and what you can do to have an active role in your own care.

On this page are resources about the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District’s Patient information Portal (PiP) and PiP process, which are used to improve the quality of written consumer health information.

Australia is taking part in a ground-breaking international study into community-based health care that will explore the outcomes, experiences and satisfaction of patients who are treated in GP practices.

Released 15 August 2023