Creating Safer, Better Health Care - The impact of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

The Commission produced the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Impact Report to provide an overview of the changes associated with implementation of the first edition of the NSQHS Standards; a ground-breaking initiative that has improved the safety and quality of health care across Australia. The report identifies areas where improvements have been made, as well as where further work is needed. It also documents associations between the implementation of the NSQHS Standards and improvements in healthcare processes and outcomes, and demonstrates that the scale and range of the associated improvements are significant.