The purpose of the National consensus statement: essential elements for safe and high-quality paediatric end-of-life care is to describe the core requirements for delivering the best possible care for children at the end of life.
The Commission has developed the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe high-quality end-of-life care which describes the key clinical and organisational requirements for delivering excellent end-of-life care.
The Commonwealth, state and territory governments across Australia are increasing their focus on improving the safety and quality of end-of-life care.
The end-of-life care audit toolkit is designed to help health service organisations to examine and improve the quality of their end-of-life care.
The tools and solutions developed through the National Clinical Handover Initiative Pilot Program are available on this page.
The Commission has developed resources to assist health service organisations align their patient safety and quality improvement programs using the framework of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.
Escalating care
Escalating care
Recognising acute deterioration
Recognising acute deterioration
Applying quality improvement systems