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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care officially commenced as an independent, statutory authority on 1 July 2011, under the National Health and Hospitals Network Act 2011.
The permanent Commission is to lead and coordinate improvements in safety and quality in health care across Australia.
The key functions of the permanent Commission, as outlined in the legislation, include:
- to promote, support and encourage the implementation of initiatives relating to health care safety and quality
- to collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information relating to health care safety and quality
- to publish reports and papers relating to health care safety and quality
- to formulate, promote and support the implementation of standards, guidelines and indicators relating to health care safety and quality, and monitor their implementation and impact
- to advise on national clinical standards
- to formulate model national schemes that provide for the accreditation of organisations that provide health care services and relate to health care safety and quality
- to consult and co-operate with persons, organisations and governments on health care safety and quality
- to promote, support, encourage, conduct and evaluate training programs and research for purposes in connection with the performance of any of the Commission’s functions .
