This fact sheet provides examples of schedules for short notice assessments, over an eight-year period.

The National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards were partially informed by a rapid review of current literature on patient safety and quality risks for cosmetic surgery, tools, strategies and techniques to address these risks, and the effectiveness of these methods.

The Commission is seeking suitably qualified accrediting agencies to assess under the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation (AHSSQA) Scheme the following standards: 

The Cosmetic Surgery Module has been designed to be implemented with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The module is only intended for Services who already implement the NSQHS Standards. 

This document maps the National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards (Cosmetic Surgery Standards) with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. The purpose of the document is to assist service providers who are already assessed to the NSQHS Standards to implement the Cosmetic Surgery Standards.

This document maps the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards with the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (Primary and Community Healthcare Standards).

To align clinical practice with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Blood Management Standard and national Patient Blood Management (PBM) Guidelines for single unit transfusion.

This issue includes items on discharge summaries, health technology hazards, medication safety, deprescribing, diagnostic safety, patient identification, healthcare-associated infections, falls, decision aids, healthcare worker behaviour, clinical deterioration, surgery COVID-19, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of Health Affairs along with early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the USA’s AHRQ.

This issue includes items on the National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards, the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care, health economics, patient safety, informed consent, disability, COVID-19, and more.

This resource provides insights into the new National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards and outlines key reforms.

The Cosmetic Surgery Standards were released on 14 December 2023.

The National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards were launched on 14 December 2023. The standards aim to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of cosmetic surgery in Australia.

This A4 infographic showcases key data insights into cosmetic surgery in Australia.