This issue includes items on the new National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards User Guide for the health care of people with intellectual disability, consumer engagement, patient safety, medical research, opioids, medication safety, aged care, infections, and more. Also covered are the latest from BMJ Quality & Safety,...

The purpose of this fact sheet is to help cancer patients, their families, carers or volunteers understand what to expect from a health service providing people with medications for cancer.

This User Guide describes best practice strategies under each of the 28 specific actions to support organisations to deliver effective medication management in cancer services.

The purpose of this guide is to provide clinicians with evidence-based strategies to support them to understand and fulfil their roles and responsibilities. It combines information from a range of existing guides and resources, including the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards User Guide for Medication Management in Cancer...

Clinical governance is a shared responsibility to ensure all patients receive the best care. Managers, clinician and other members of the treating team share the common goal of optimising patient care. Managers share accountability for the care delivered, the equitable use of resources and building a positive workplace...

Clinical governance is a shared responsibility to ensure all patients receive the best care. Medical oncologists, haematologists, other members of the treating team and managers share the common goal of optimising patient care. Medical oncologists and haematologists share accountability for the care delivered, the...

Clinical governance is a shared responsibility to ensure all patients receive the best care. Pharmacists, members of the treating team and managers share the common goal of optimising patient care. Pharmacists share accountability for the care delivered, the equitable use of resources and building a positive workplace...

The purpose of this tool is to allow cancer services to review the uptake of clinical governance roles and responsibilities by their medical oncologists, haematologists, nurses, pharmacists and managers working in its cancer care areas.

This checklist is to assist assessors when reviewing medication safety actions for organisations using paper-based National Standard Medication Charts (NSMC).

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 Action 4.01 requires clinicians to use the organisation’s policies and procedures to ensure safe and effective medication management. This action also requires...