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This report describes the findings of a national stocktake of health resources developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, undertaken by the Cultural and Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA).

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to examine the causes that contribute to leave events from health care services and understand the current recommendations that may reduce rates of leave events for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

The Consensus Statement describes 10 essential elements for the provision of end-of-life care in settings where acute care is provided.

The Consensus Statement describes eight essential elements for prompt and reliable recognition of, and response to, physiological deterioration of patients in acute healthcare facilities in Australia.

In March 2009, the Commission published a paper on the use of observation charts to recognise clinical deterioration.

The clinician survey is part of the end-of-life care audit toolkit and is made up of 31 questions designed to be undertaken across four demographics; consultants, junior doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

This survey aims to provide acute care facilities with a tool for evaluating staff perceptions of the rapid response system.

The purpose of this background paper was to present a précis of the policy and clinical framework for end-of-life care within the Australian acute healthcare setting and as interpreted by consumers, clinicians and policy makers in 2013.

This report details the process of testing the tools that helped form the end-of-life care audit toolkit.

This report details the second phase of a project by the University of Technology to pilot observation and response charts.

In June 2008, the Commission published a paper related to recognising and responding to clinical deterioration of patients.