Safety and Quality Accounts. The Organisation will complete a Safety and Quality Account to document achievements, and affirm an ongoing commitment to improving and integrating safety and quality into their functions. The Account provides information about the safety and quality of care delivered by the Organisation, including key state-wide mandatory measures, patient safety priorities, service improvements, integration initiatives, and three additional locally selected high priority measures. Locally selected high priority measures must demonstrate a holistic approach to safety and quality, and at least one of these must focus on improving safety and quality for Aboriginal patients. The Account must also demonstrate how the Organisation meets Standard 1. Clinical Governance, of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, which describes the clinical governance, and safety and quality systems that are required to maintain and improve the reliability, safety and quality of health care, and improve health outcomes for patients. Standard 1 ensures that frontline clinicians, managers and members of governing bodies, such as boards, are accountable to patients and the community for assuring the delivery of health services that are safe, effective, integrated, high quality and continuously improving. Consistent with the National Health Reform Agreement, The Organisation must continue to focus on reducing the incidence of hospital acquired complications. Through the Purchasing Framework, NSW Health has incentivised Districts and Networks to invest in quality improvement initiatives that specifically target these complications. It is expected that the Safety and Quality Account articulates these initiatives and provides details on approaches and outcomes.
Safety and Quality Accounts. Standard 1, Clinical Governance, of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards describes the clinical governance, and safety and quality systems that are required to maintain and improve the reliability, safety and quality of health care, and improve health outcomes for patients. Standard 1 ensures that everyone – from frontline clinicians to managers and members of governing bodies, such as boards – are accountable to patients and the community for assuring the delivery of health services that are safe, effective, integrated, high quality and continuously improving. Districts and Networks complete Safety and Quality Accounts to document achievements, and affirm an ongoing commitment to improving and integrating safety and quality into their functions. The Account provides information about the safety and quality of care delivered by the Organisation, including key state-wide mandatory and locally selected high priority measures, patient safety priorities, service improvements and integration initiatives. The Account must also demonstrate how the Organisation meets Standard 1. Consistent with the National Agreement, Districts and Networks must continue to focus on reducing the incidence of Hospital Acquired Complications. Through the Purchasing Framework, NSW Health has incentivised Districts and Networks to locally invest in quality improvement initiatives to specifically target these complications. It is expected that the Safety and Quality account articulates the incentivised initiative/s, and provides details on the approach and outcomes.
Safety and Quality Accounts. Annually, the Organisation will complete a Safety and Quality Account to demonstrate achievements and ongoing commitment to improving and integrating safety and quality into the organisation. This approach places safety and quality reporting on the same level as financial reporting as an accountability mechanism with public transparency. The Account will review performance against key quality and safety measures and include patient safety priorities, service improvements and integration initiatives.
