The Department of Health Electronic Advice

Network meetings are a great opportunity to connect with other members, share your experiences and get additional ideas and support for your facility.

Dear Members, In January we made a change to the timetable for Feedback Management to help level out the audit workloads. In a recent update, we inadvertently rolled back those timetable changes. This issue may mean that you may have missed the Feedback Management audit which is scheduled for last month. As of today, we…

Advance Health Directive July 1st 2014 marks the commencement of the Advance Care Directives Act 2013 and associated amendments to the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act1995 (Consent Act) and the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993 (GA Act).

Leisure, Health and Wellbeing, Hand Hygiene and Feedback Management

Dear Members, Gail Harding represented ACQA feedback, concerns and suggestions to the the Staffing Ratio Disclosure Inquiry earlier today. Details of our submission are now available on our new website. https://www.acqa.org.au/2018/10/26/acqa-submission-to-staffing-ratio-disclosure/ Special thanks to all those who contributed their thoughts and insights via our feedback survey and directly to the Committee. We appreciate your input….

Today we have launched our new Aged Care Risk Management modules! This self-contained, easy to use tool is available and ready for you to explore now in your left hand menu. To find out more, go to our website, or register now for the free webinar to learn more.