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.

This fact sheet outlines the outcomes of the national survey conducted by the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care.

The user guide supports implementation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.

The NSQHS Standards include six specific actions to improve safety, quality and experience of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health provides further information for health service organisations to implement the six actions. The Commission undertakes to continually improve the evidence base and resources which inform these actions and to support health service organisations to implement the actions.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, consumer and patient engagement, health care worker engagement, telehealth, safety practices, paracetamol overdose, Comprehensive Care Standard, open disclosure and more

Also covered are the latest issues of the BMJ Quality & Safety, Journal for HealthCare Quality Patient Safety, and Healthcare Policy, along with online first papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s AHRQ.

To provides users with updated information on reflective questions and examples of evidence for the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, new aseptic technique resources, infection prevention and control, partnering with consumers and carers, emergency department (ED) care, delirium, diagnosis, health equity, resilience and more

Also covered are the latest issues of the Journal of Patient Safety, and Health Expectations, along with online first papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE, the USA’s AHRQ and the WHO.

This report describes the lived experience of people who have experienced sepsis and health system improvements to better support post-sepsis care.