Resource library

These Frequently Asked Questions provides answers to commonly asked questions about the web tool's purpose, features, update frequency, development, data sources, consumer enquiry pathways and the role of the Commission.

This fact sheet provides general information about the web tool. The tool allows consumers to access data from their local hospital, alongside information about how safety and quality is assessed in the Australian health system.

This report provides analyses of antimicrobials supplied under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation PBS in 2023, and trends from 2015. The report highlights antimicrobial use in aged care and by local area. 

This report provides analyses of data captured by Australian Passive AMR Surveillance (APAS) on antimicrobial resistance trends in multidrug-resistant organisms (MROs) from 2006 to 2023. The MROs included are:

• Vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium (VRE)
• Fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli
• Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

This decision aid can be used with your doctor to help you decide whether to use antibiotics when you have a flare-up (exacerbation) of your chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 

This decision aid can be used with your doctor to help you decide whether to use antibiotics when you or your child has sinusitis (acute rhinosinusitis).

This PowerPoint presentation is designed to assist consumers deliver the educational session for Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers, and can be used in partnership with staff from the local health service organisation.

This Facilitator Guide is designed to assist consumers deliver the educational session for Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers, and can be used in partnership with staff from the local health service organisation.

This fact sheet describes the requirements for documenting medicines-related information in line with the intent of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards

This case study is one of four, designed to align with Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers. It focuses on the Emergency Department Consumer Advisory Group at Fiona Stanley Hospital and how consumer leadership has changed the way that services are designed, delivered and evaluated. 

This case study is one of four, designed to align with the Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers. It focuses on the evidence-based Eat Walk Engage program, that aims to improve outcomes for older people at risk of more serious hospital complications (such as delirium). 

This case study is one of four, designed to align with Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers. It highlights the strategies that South Metropolitan Health Service uses to implement the the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards with a focus on partnering with consumers at all levels of the organisation.

This case study is one of four, designed to align with Partnering with Consumers: A guide for consumers. It focuses on initiatives to strengthen person-centred care as part of the redevelopment of a multipurpose service to co-locate aged care and acute services.

The Guide provides support for healthcare services implementing the Primary and Community Healthcare Standards. It includes practical guidance and examples of evidence that can be used to implement the actions in a way that is appropriate to the healthcare service.

For exuberant 44-year-old Perth mother Hayley Harrison, it’s been quite a journey through womanhood. She is sharing her story, so others can learn earlier what she didn’t know about heavy periods.

In this case study, Hayley shares her experience with cosmetic surgery, as the Commission released the revised clinical care standard for heavy menstrual bleeding

This Communiqué provides an update on the first meeting of the National Sepsis Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key stakeholders about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

List of review working group members for the Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard (2024).

A summary of what the Standard means for healthcare services providing treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis.

The Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard describes what each quality statement means for consumers, clinicians, and healthcare services. It provides indicators to support local monitoring and includes information about using clinical care standards.

This report provides analyses of data and trends in resistance to macrolide antibiotics in S. agalactiae and S. pyogenes (also known as group B and group A Streptococcus, respectively) from 2006 to 2023. The data that were used for the report were submitted to the Australian Passive AMR Surveillance (APAS) system.

PICM is a mnemonic for a methodology designed to help assessors undertake assessments for accreditation under the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme.

This bimonthly update provides data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 March to 30 April 2024. These data can be used to support the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance.

This issue of RADAR provides an overview of medicines recently revised on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) including:

• Nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (Paxlovid®) and molnupiravir (Lagevrio®) for COVID-19 (amended PBS listing)
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) medicines (amended PBS restrictions).

Learn more about RADAR.

Read the latest edition of Person-centred Care Insights. Dive into person-centred care! Browse innovative projects from our network. Find new resources, tools, training opportunities, upcoming events, and the latest publications on person-centred care.

This Communiqué provides an update on the second meeting of the National Sepsis Oversight Group (Oversight Group). It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

The revised Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard was released on 13 June 2024.

This table showcases the range of potential treatment options to manage heavy menstrual bleeding. It is important that women living with this condition understand their options, so they can make informed choices to meet their own needs and preferences.

List of topic working group members for the Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard.

National trend data published today by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reveals a 20% fall in hysterectomy rates over eight years – an encouraging sign that women may be opting for less invasive treatments to manage heavy periods. 

Released 13 June 2024

This Implementation Guide describes activities and resources that are recommended for Primary Health Networks (PHNs) supporting local services and clinicians to implement the Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard.

This six-page Highlights Report on heavy menstrual bleeding outlines key findings and recommended actions from the online interactive Women’s Health Focus Report, including trend data from across Australia on hysterectomy and endometrial ablation hospitalisations.

The report also summarises best practice guidance in the revised Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard (2024).

Released by the Commission on 13 June 2024