The Analysis of Residential Aged Care Facility Medication Charts 2012 presents research and analysis on medication charts currently in use in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The aim of the research and analysis was to collect and classify data related to the content and types of medication charts and systems currently in use across a diverse sample of RACFs proportionately representative of the sector.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, consultation on intellectual disability fact sheets, the launch of the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards, Infection Prevention and Control Week 2021, new electronic National Residential Medication Chart resources, universal healthcare, patient safety, timeliness and coordination of care, maternal morbidity and mortality, antimicrobial prescribing, palliative and end-of-life care, and more.

On 12 October 2021, the Commission released the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

A Topic Working Group has been convened to provide advice to the Commission on this standard. The group is comprised of individuals with relevant expertise and clinical experience as well as consumer representatives.

The fact sheet aims to provide health service organisations with guidance on implementing the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Health Care Standards.

The fact sheet aims to provide consumers with a brief introduction to the National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards.

The Primary and Community Healthcare Standards aim to protect the public from harm and improve the quality of health care delivered by describing a nationally consistent framework, which all primary and community healthcare services can apply when delivering health care.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, health care costs as a barrier to care, healthcare management, mental health and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Australian Health Review, Journal of Patient Safety & Risk Management, Health Affairs and Health Expectations along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.