The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create challenges for the Australian health system. In some instances, this may impact the ability of general practices to participate in on-site accreditation assessments to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Standards for general practice 5th edition.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create challenges for the health system. In some instances, this may impact the ability of hospitals and day procedure services to participate in on-site accreditation assessments to the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
The National Clinical Trials Governance Framework (Governance Framework) and recommendations for implementation were endorsed by all jurisdictions in February 2022.
Australians seeking guidance on open disclosure in health care can now refer to new resources developed by the Commission, in collaboration with peak consumer agencies.
On the Radar Issue 602 is now available.
2023
Newsletter
This issue includes items on Hand hygiene for clinical healthcare workers, Hand hygiene for non-clinical healthcare workers, ordering of routine laboratory tests, diagnostic errors, COVID-19 and more.
Also covered are the latest issues of the Future Leaders Communiqué along with early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE and the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
The Commission has released new resources for consumers and health service organisations to provide quick-reference summaries of the seven healthcare rights.
The Commission has released a new video series to raise awareness about sepsis.
The Commission has released new Easy English resources on the Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard.
The Commission is publishing the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards – Guide for service providers.