AURA 2023 includes data and analyses from 2020–2022 (primarily 2020–2021) from various sources and reports on patterns and trends in antimicrobial use and appropriateness and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Australian acute and community healthcare settings.
The Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia (AURA) Surveillance System collects, reviews and analyses data on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in human health.
This complete version of the Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard describes what each quality statement means for patients and their families, clinicians, and health service organisations, and provides indicators for local monitoring. It includes information about using clinical care standards, and the background and evidence sources for this standard.
This issue includes items on consultation on the third edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, nursing, discharge summaries, oral healthcare, co-design, mental health, artificial intelligence, health communication, and more. Along with the latest from International Journal for Quality in Health Care, BMJ Quality & Safety, Healthcare Policy, and Health Affairs and the UK’s NIHR.
Commencing today, the Commission is undertaking broad public consultation to inform the development of the NSQHS Standards (third edition), in collaboration with the healthcare system and community representatives.
Commencing today, the Commission is undertaking broad public consultation to inform the development of the NSQHS Standards (third edition), in collaboration with the healthcare system and community representatives.
Consultation on the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (third edition) has commenced.
You are invited to provide feedback to the Commission. Your input will help shape the new standards.
The first consultation is open from 9 July to 30 September 2025. Visit our Consultation page.
This flowchart explains the process of assessment to the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMHCMO Standards).
The Commission has developed the self-assessment tool as part of a suite of resources to assist community-managed mental health service providers to implement the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMHCMO Standards). This guide provides step-by-step instructions for completing the self-assessment tool.
This fact sheet describes where service providers using a risk management approach will assess the risks associated with each action in the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMHCMO Standards). The risk assessment findings will help you to prioritise and mitigate risks identified as you implement the standards.