Resource library

Portrait image of Conjoint Associate Professor Carolyn Hullick, Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

The Hip Fracture 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 Guide has been developed by consumers for consumers. It explains how to build and strengthen consumer partnerships at all levels of the health system.

Many people with a hip fracture wait longer than is optimal for surgery – despite some hospitals making a dramatic improvement in time to surgery in the past few years.

Released 11 September 2023

Geriatrician Dr Hannah Seymour, based at Fiona Stanley Hospital Perth WA, knows better than most that time can be a challenge when treating people who break their hip – especially when facing geographical barriers.

In this case study, Dr Seymour outlines how time to surgery can improve, as recommended in the updated Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard, released on 11 September 2023.

Also read about Esperance patient Jill Bower, who was transferred to Perth for hip fracture surgery, and has had a good recovery. 

The updated Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard was released on 11 September 2023 to improve care for patients in hospital and improve their chance of survival and recovery. 

This infographic highlights the scale of hip fracture as a health issue in Australia, features new data on hospital care for hip fracture patients, and summarises 4 key changes in the 2023 standard.

The document provides a definition of significant risk for the purpose of Advisory GP18/04: Notification of significant risk.

The Corporate Plan 2023-24 outlines the strategic planning activities of the Commission and reports on the key performance indicators and performance targets.

The aim of the draft NSQHS Standards Guide for Ambulance Health Services is to provide practical support for ambulance health services implementing the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The public consultation on the draft Guide is now open.

This is the Notification of significant risk process flow chart for the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme.

This resource lists upcoming live events for the National Medicine Symposium on 8 November 2023. All times listed are in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).

This fact sheet provides an overview of the National Pathology Accreditation Scheme.

A list of members for the Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group. 

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

The Rapid literature review aims to provide relevant and useful information for the Commission’s medication safety stakeholders, including health service organisations and Australian Government agencies.

The national training roster of Hand Hygiene Auditor Educators was established in the NHHI LMS to support greater access to auditor training and encourage networking.

The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care (the Department) has engaged the Commission to undertake a scoping study for the design and development of national minimum standards for Safe Space services. We seek your views on the safety and quality expectations for Safe Space services.

The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights is for everyone. We are endeavouring to provide translations of the Charter in many community languages. Currently the Charter is available in 34 languages in a printable A4 poster format. 

This fact sheet provides health service organisations and accrediting agencies with updated advice regarding Action 3.13: Clean and safe environment and requirements for the use of neutral detergents.

The introduction of short notice assessments will improve the accuracy of the assessment process and better ensure that the assessment outcomes reflect day-to-day practice.

The third and final meeting of the Cosmetic Surgery Project Advisory Committee was held on 16 June 2023.

Patients, consumers and carers provide a unique perspective of the care provided. Evidence suggests that improving patient experience can improve clinical outcomes. Primary health care (PHC) sector provides a range of services for the prevention and management of acute and chronic conditions. Gathering patient feedback is imperative for continuously improving the quality of care in PHC.

This report summarises research and analysis conducted by the Commission to examine health outcomes for people with cognitive impairment admitted to public hospitals in Australia. The Commission presented a summary of its key findings at the 2023 IHACPA Conference.

The document describes the role and responsibilities of the Designated Person described in the Tier 2 document Requirements for Medical Pathology Services.

This implementation guide is designed to help health service organisations to implement and manage their hand hygiene program, and to meet the requirements of relevant national standards.