Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety was made the 10th National Health Priority Area in 2019 by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Health Council. The Commission are developing a National Baseline Report on Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety in response to this initiative. This discussion paper was published to support the public consultation which informed Phase 1 of the National Baseline Report.

This resource has been developed for hospitals participating in the National NSMC Audit to assist with calculating audit results.

This user guide for the Clinical Trials Portal has been developed to assist with the navigation and use of the self-assessment and operational metrics tools including the registration process.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, post-pandemic health care, Aboriginal health, co-production, patient-centred care, medication errors in the ICU, safety culture, review methodologies, and more

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

This fact sheet includes information for clinicians about informed consent in health care. 

Released September 2020

This report provides the latest update report for data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period: 1 May 2020 to 30 June 2020, and complements previous analyses of and updates on CARAlert data.

List of Topic Working Group members for the Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, health technology assessments, quality of care, post-pandemic health care and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the Journal of Patient Safety and the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health along with the latest from the UK’s NICE and the USA’s AHRQ.