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The Commission is seeking feedback on the draft Point of Care Testing (POCT) Standard. The POCT Standard has been developed to support health and aged care service providers in enhancing the quality and safety of POCT practices. 

The survey and call for written submissions closes on 12 December 2025.

The opportunity to participate in an online focus group is between 4 February to 10 February 2026.

This communiqué summarises the final meeting of the National Sepsis Program Extension. It may be used by members to update their nominating organisations and other key agencies about the National Sepsis Program Extension (Program Extension).

The Commission is seeking feedback on the revised National Pathology Standard from the pathology workforce and consumers. The National Pathology Standard has been developed to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of pathology services by describing a nationally consistent safety and quality framework.

The public consultation closes on 8 December 2025.

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The Commission has released a landmark Sepsis Epidemiology Report, offering the most comprehensive national analysis to date of hospital-treated sepsis in Australia. Drawing on more than 900,000 hospitalisations from 2013–14 to 2022–23, the report confirms that sepsis is more widespread, deadly, and costly than previously understood, with over 84,000 sepsis hospitalisations in 2022–23 alone.

This Model of Care Framework describes the principles and processes to support local conversations about what is needed to strengthen quality and safety and drive continuous improvement in sepsis care coordination and post sepsis support.

This business case highlights how investment in sepsis coordination and post-sepsis support aligns with the delivery of the National Health Reform Agreement and can contribute to the reduction in avoidable sepsis readmissions.

This report is a companion document which describes how the model of care and business case were developed and outlines the evidence used to underpin statements and claims. It also provides case examples to illustrate how the model may be implemented.

The Annual Report 2024-25 provides an overview of our performance, governance arrangements, organisational structure and financial statements for the past financial year.

A national analysis of the sepsis patient journey in Australian public hospital admitted care.

A new data report by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care suggests a growing disparity in colonoscopy rates according to where people live and their socioeconomic status.

The Commission released the Atlas Focus Report: Colonoscopy with national trend data, and the updated Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard (2025) on 21 September 2025.

This A4 infographic showcases key data insights on colonoscopy in Australia, including bowel cancer.

This Framework describes a stewardship approach to medication management at transitions of care.

This Overview has been developed as a summary of the full Framework that describes a stewardship approach to medication management at transitions of care. 

The Corporate Plan 2025-26 outlines the strategic planning activities of the Commission and reports on the key performance indicators and performance targets.

This report outlines the findings from a study evaluating the pilot implementation of the Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience Healthcare Module, now titled the Healthcare Sustainability and Resilience Module.

The Digital Mental Health Module for Community Managed Organisations outlines a subset of actions from the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards (Digital Mental Health Standards). This subset of actions can be used with the National Safety Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMHCMO Standards) to meet accreditation requirements for both sets of standards.

The Digital Mental Health Module for Primary Care outlines a subset of actions from the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards (Digital Mental Health Standards). This subset of actions can be used with the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards to meet accreditation requirements for both sets of standards

This report summarises the burden of CDI in Australian public hospitals during 2022 and 2023.

This quarterly update includes data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2025. These data support the prevention and control of critical antimicrobial resistances.

To explore the latest data, visit the CARAlert Data Explorer.

The Healthcare Sustainability and Resilience Module (the Module) is a framework of actions to support health service organisations address healthcare impacts on the environment and the climate risks affecting human health and equitable access to high-quality care.

The Public Summary Report contains a summary of the outcomes of the Reduction in Radiation Exposure to Children from Computed Tomography Scans (RIRECCTs) Project.

About the Atlas and how to interpret the data visualisations shows how to interpret the data correctly and explains the limitations of the data prior to using the Atlas.

A partial task analysis and heuristic evaluation were carried out to provide advice on twelve questions regarding human factors guidelines for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

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This Self-Assessment Tool can be used by healthcare services to ensure they are providing quality colonoscopy services in line with the requirements of the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard. The tool lists the key components for healthcare service implementation by Quality statement and provides relevant resources. The tool supports ongoing quality improvement according to the priorities for the service.

Download the Highlights Report for an overview of the updated Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard and new trend data on repeat colonoscopy from the Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation (Atlas) Focus Report: Colonoscopy. This outlines actions for policy makers, clinical colleges, health services and clinicians.

This Communiqué provides an update on the eighth meeting of the National Sepsis Program 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 Commission’s Strategic Plan 2025–30 sets a refreshed direction for leading safety and quality improvement across Australia’s healthcare system, with four priority areas.