The Commission develops clinical care standards with advice from multidisciplinary topic working group that include clinicians, consumers, and researchers.
Indicator specifications
Information is also available on what each quality statement means for:
For clinicians and healthcare services
What healthcare services need to know
The Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard contains eight quality statements describing the care that people over the age of 45 years should be offered if they are experiencing knee pain and are suspected of having knee osteoarthritis.
What clinicians need to know
The standard contains eight quality statements to ensure that people with osteoarthritis of the knee receive timely assessment and optimal management, to enhance quality of life and lessen the disability caused by knee osteoarthritis.
What is knee osteoarthritis?
PICM is a mnemonic for a methodology designed to help assessors undertake assessments for accreditation under the National General Practice Accreditation (NGPA) Scheme.
This bimonthly update provides data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period 1 March to 30 April 2024. These data can be used to support the prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance.