The Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard (2024) contains eight quality statements. This guide explains each quality statement and what it means for you. 

The Commission released the Women’s Health Focus Report with national trend data and the updated Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard (2024) on 13 June 2024. This A4 infographic showcases key data insights on heavy menstrual bleeding in Australia.

MEDIA RELEASE 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. 

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...

This resource lists the eight quality statements in the clinical care standard and explains what they mean for clinicians providing care to women with heavy menstrual bleeding.

This issue includes items on learning health systems, workforce, heavy menstrual bleeding, social media, surgery, ethnicity, hospital in the home, aged care, resilience, and more. Also covered are the latest from Residential Aged Care Communiqué, BMJ Quality &Safety, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Health Affairs, Health...

This resource accompanies the Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Clinical Care Standard. It describes what the quality statements mean for clinicians and provides indicators to support local quality improvement activity.

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...

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

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.