This issue includes items on the draft National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards Guide for Healthcare Services, electronic prescribing systems, medication safety, antimicrobial stewardship, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are recent issues of the Future Leaders Communiqué and the Australian Journal of Primary Health,  early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety along with the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on guidance on Optimising ventilation for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings, quality improvement tools for sepsis to support the Sepsis Clinical Care Standard, consultations on the Framework for Australian clinical quality registries and the Sustainable healthcare module, COVID-19 and more.

This issue includes items on the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards Guide for Healthcare Services, value-based payments, COVID-19 and more.

This fact sheet outlines the requirements for mandatory short notice assessment to the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards and the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework (NCTGF).

This issue includes items on the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations, stress and burnout, intensive care, medications and Medical Emergency Team (MET) activations, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety  and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care along with the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on the launch of the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations, consultation on the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe and high-quality end-of-life care, the new Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard, the WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant, health literacy, patient experience, health information technology, medication packaging, COVID-19 and more.

The Commission has developed the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMHCMO) in consultation with consumers, families and carers, community managed organisations, peak bodies, healthcare providers, professional bodies, Primary Health Networks, funders and other representatives of the sector.

The NSQMHCMO Standards for were released on 23 November 2022.

This issue includes items on the launch of the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations, patient reported (outcome)  measures, aspirin, medications in residential aged care, clinical practice guidelines and clinical quality registries, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered is the latest issue Health Affairs along with the latest from the UK’s NICE, the USA’s AHRQ and Healthcare Excellence Canada.

The Commission engaged the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) and Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) to conduct a review of existing policies and literature, to better understand the potential safety and quality implications and solutions facing health service organisations related to climate change and the associated extreme weather events and changing patterns of disease.

The Module has been developed to apply in any healthcare setting across Australia. It leverages the organisation’s existing clinical governance framework for its implementation. It can be applied along with other national safety and quality standards with a robust clinical governance framework, such as the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards or the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

This issue includes items on the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards user guide for acute and community mental health services, the UK’s Women’s Health Strategy, medication safety, falls, decision support, patient decision aids, virtual care, COVID-19 and more.