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National safety priorities in mental health: a national plan for reducing harm
This plan provides national direction in identifying, avoiding and reducing harm across all environments in which care of people with mental health disorders is provided.
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National safety priorities in mental health: a national plan for reducing harm (PDF 903 KB large file)
The same publication in smaller sections:
Cover pages (PDF 250 KB) - includes cover page, title page, copyright and foreword
Contents (PDF 71 KB)
1. Introduction and context (PDF 99 KB)
2. Improving safety in mental health services (PDF 110 KB)
3. Priority areas (PDF 122 KB)
4. Glossary (PDF 108 KB)
5. Appendices (PDF 69 KB) - list of appendices
- Appendix 1: Safety and Quality in Mental Health Partnership Group membership (PDF 61 KB)
- Appendix 2: Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care resources (PDF 74 KB)
- Appendix 3: Partient Safety and Quality in Mental Health Services Project report recommendations (PDF 97 KB)
- Appendix 4: Consultation on priority safety issues in mental health (PDF 75 KB)
- Appendix 5: National standards for mental health services (PDF 75 KB)
- Appendix 6: National practice standards for the mental health workforce (PDF 74 KB)
- Appendix 7: Examples of risk matrices (PDF 97 KB)
- Appendix 8: National core set of sentinel events (PDF 61 KB)
- Appendix 9: Governance structure for mental health safety and quality (PDF 63 KB)
- Appendix 10: References (PDF 80 KB)
- Appendix 11: Selected resources for further reading (PDF 144 KB)
Page last reviewed: 19 August 2010
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