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The intent of this advisory is to:

• Standardise processes across accrediting agencies for assessing applications for extensions to general practices’ accreditation status.
• Clarify that changes to the accreditation cycle, including backdating the commencement date, is not permitted.

The purpose of this advisory is to standardise requirements for assessment of general practices that physically relocate premises during an accreditation cycle.

To describe the requirements for accrediting agencies to notify the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) and relevant state and territory health care complaints bodies of significant risks of patient harm that pose an ongoing risk to public health and safety that are identified during the assessment of general practices.

This fact sheet provides important information for clinicians to consider when discussing advance care plans with patients and sets out the actions that directly relate to advance care planning in the NSQHS Standards.

This fact sheet provides information for day procedure services about processes and practices that facilitate comprehensive care suitable to their setting and the patient population.

This fact sheet provides information for clinicians to consider when planning for patient discharge. 

Health service organisations are required to develop and implement systems and processes that support patient-clinician discussions about the patient’s preferences for care in the future, to document advance care plans, and to act on advance care plans as part of comprehensive care delivery and for the NSQHS Standards.