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Submissions on the Review of National Safety and Quality Accreditation Standards

Submissions have been received by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care on the review of National Safety and Quality Accreditation Standards and are available for download. These submissions are listed in order of the date they were received by the Commission.
  1. GMHBA Ltd (James Arnott 30 Nov 2006) (PDF 200 KB)
  2. NCS International Ltd (December 2006) (PDF 17 KB)
  3. Informal submission by DFB Consulting Services. Content included in submission number 04.
  4. DFB Consulting Services (Diane Flecknoe-Brown Nov 2006) (PDF 2484 KB)
  5. CQM Consultants (Brian Collopy 25 Jan 2007) (PDF 145 KB)
  6. ACHS Surveyor (Sandy Thomson 11 Feb 2007) (PDF 42 KB)
  7. Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney (Christina Briggs 1 March 2007) (PDF 35 KB)
  8. DHHS (Dr Martyn Forrest 21 Feb 2007) (PDF 973 KB)
  9. QLD Health (Gillian Wilkinson 6 March 2007) (PDF 45 KB)
  10. WA Health (Lian Kwa 7 March 2007) (PDF 30 KB)
  11. South Gippsland Hospital (Margaret Gerkens 13 Mar 2007) (PDF 128 KB)
  12. Australian College of Health Service Executives (20 Mar 2007) (PDF 114 KB)
  13. QLD Health Quality Coordinators Northern Area Health Service (20 Mar 2007) (PDF 53 KB)
  14. Standards Australia (22 Mar 2007) (PDF 305 KB)
  15. Pendlebury Clinic Private Hospital (Dr Sue Flanagan 26 Mar 2007) (PDF 255 KB)
  16. Sheila Rimmer (2 Feb 2007) (PDF 15 KB)
  17. St John of God Health Care (22 Mar 2007) (PDF 614 KB)
  18. Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Cover Letter (Dr Mike Richards 28 Mar 2007) (PDF 30 KB)
    18a. Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (Dr Mike Richards 28 Mar 2007) (PDF 1464 KB)
  19. Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network Australia (28 Mar 2007) (PDF 52 KB)
  20. International Society for Quality in Health Care (Mar 2007) (PDF 117 KB)
  21. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (Karen Cook 26 Mar 2007) (PDF 153 KB)
  22. NATA Cover Letter (AJ Russell 28 Mar 2007) (PDF 12 KB)
    22a. NATA (AJ Russell 28 Mar 2007) (PDF 152 KB)
    22b. NATA Summary Sheet (AJ Russell 28 Mar 2007) (PDF 17 KB)
  23. The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (Yvonne Allinson 31 Mar 2007 (PDF 44 KB)
  24. Anglican Retirement Villages Diocese of Sydney (Mar 2007) (PDF 41 KB)
  25. Speech Pathology Australia (Gail Mulcair Mar 2007) (PDF 161 KB)
  26. QIP/AGPAL Cover Letter (Marisa Vecchio 29 March 2007) (PDF 101 KB)
    26a. QIP/AGPAL (Marisa Vecchio 29 March 2007) (PDF 207 KB)
  27. Palliative Care Australia (Fiona Couchman 30 March 2007) (PDF 132 KB)
  28. Brian Holden (29 March 2007) (PDF 94 KB)
  29. The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (Tony Cull 29 March 2007) (PDF 49 KB)
  30. Australian Private Hospitals Association (Michael Roff 31 March 2007) (PDF 90 KB)
  31. Allied Health Professions Australia Ltd (Prof Lyn Littlefield 28 March 2007) (PDF 25 KB)
  32. St Andrew's Hospital (Stephen Walker 30 March 2007) (PDF 28 KB)
  33. Glenelg Day Surgery Pty Ltd (Mike Chalk 30 March 2007) (PDF 29 KB)
  34. The Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators Cover Letter (Dr Karen Owen 30 March 2007) (PDF 492 KB)
    34a. The Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (Dr Karen Owen 30 March 2007) (PDF 587 KB)
  35. Department of Health South Australia (Tony Sherbon 26 Mar 2007) (PDF 36 KB) (PDF 36 KB)
  36. Victorian Quality Council (A Prof Christine Kilpatrick 29 Mar 2007) (PDF 485 KB)
  37. Australian Institute of Radiography (Emile M Badawy 30 March 2007) (PDF 268 KB)
  38. Uniting Care Health (Richard Royle 29 March 2007) (PDF 94 KB)
  39. Australian Nursing Federation (Jill lliffe and Ged Kearney March 2007) (PDF 150 KB)
  40. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Ian Watts 31 March 2007) (PDF 123 KB)
  41. The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Graeme Houghton 30 March 2007) (PDF 48 KB)
  42. Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science (Anita Hobson-Powell 30 March 2007) (PDF 92 KB)
  43. Nurse Policy Branch DHS Cover Letter (Adj Prof Belinda Moyes March 2007) (PDF 76 KB)
    43a. Nurse Policy Branch DHS (Adj Prof Belinda Moyes March 2007) (PDF 27 KB)
  44. National Blood Authority (Graeme Brown 30 March 2007) (PDF 49 KB)
  45. Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors' Organisation (30 March 2007) (PDF 59 KB) (PDF 59 KB)
  46. Royal Australian College of Surgeons - Signed Submission, see item 60 (PDF 297 KB)
  47. Health Quality and Complaints Commission Cover Letter (Dr John Youngman 30 March 2007) (PDF 22 KB)
    47a. Health Quality and Complaints Commission (Dr John Youngman 30 March 2007) (PDF 119 KB)
  48. Australian Physiotherapy Association (David Malone March 2007) (PDF 74 KB)
  49. The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Cover Letter (BW Johnston 30 March 2007) (PDF 75 KB)
    49a. The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (BW Johnston 30 March 2007) (PDF 228 KB)
  50. NSW Association for Adolescent Health and Council of Social Service (Vanessa D'Souza and Linda Frow 30 March 2007) (PDF 57 KB)
  51. St Luke's Private Hospital Complex (George Toemoe 30 March 2007) (PDF 33 KB)
  52. Victorian Healthcare Association (30 March 2007) (PDF 409 KB)
  53. Austin Health (30 March 2007) (PDF 14 KB)
  54. Australian Dental Association Inc (JE Matthews and Robert Boyd-Boland 30 March 2007) (PDF 334 KB)
  55. The Pharmacy Guild of Australia National Secretariat Cover Letter (Kieran Schneemann 30 March 2007) (PDF 121 KB)
    55a. The Pharmacy Guild of Australia National Secretariat (Kieran Schneemann 30 March 2007) (PDF 137 KB)
  56. National Coalition of Public Pathology (A Prof Roger D Wilson 31 March 2007) (PDF 160 KB)
  57. JAS-ANZ (Tony Craven 31 March 2007) (PDF 79 KB)
  58. Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Prof Napier M Thomson 29 March 2007) (PDF 28 KB)
  59. Department of Health Government of Western Australia (Dr Neale Fong 26 March 2007) (PDF 130 KB)
  60. Royal Australian College of Surgeons (Dr Ian Dickinson 29 March 2007) (PDF 297 KB)
  61. Southern Health (Linda Sorrell 28 Mar 2007) (PDF 402 KB)
  62. Department of Veterans Affairs (Mark Sullivan 27 Mar 2007) (PDF 62 KB)
  63. Institute for Healthy Communities Australia Ltd (Judith Robson 27 September 2007) (PDF 190 KB)
  64. Quality Improvement Council (March 2007) (PDF 44 KB)
  65. Ramsay Health Care 2 April 2007 (PDF 35 KB)
  66. NSW Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (2 April 2007) (PDF 76 KB)
  67. Chesterville Day Hospital (3 April 2007) (PDF 50 KB)
  68. The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Dr Stewart Bryant 28 March 2007) (PDF 39 KB)
  69. Toowong Private Hospital (Christine Gee 3 April 2007) (PDF 32 KB)
  70. South Pacific Private Hospital (Lynne Fishwick 3 April 2007) (PDF 29 KB)
  71. Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care (Kathleen Ryan March 2007) (PDF 122 KB)
  72. Aged and Community Services Association of NSW and ACT (Paul Sadler 28 March 2007) (PDF 39 KB)
  73. Australian Medical Association (Dr E Robyn Mason 3 April 2007) (PDF 93 KB)
  74. NSW Victoria and Queensland Cover Letter (April 2007) (PDF 178 KB)
    74a. NSW Victoria and Queensland (April 2007) (PDF 163 KB)
  75. Geriaction National Council (Andrew Fleming 30 March 2007) (PDF 41 KB)
  76. NT Department of Health and Community Services (Tarun Weeramanthri 4 April 2007) (PDF 66 KB)
  77. Cancer Institute NSW (4 April 2007) (PDF 80 KB)
  78. Independent Technical Committee auspiced by JASANZ (April 2007) (PDF 115 KB)
  79. Royal College of Nursing Australia (Rosemary Bryant 4 April 2007) (PDF 532 KB)
  80. Australian Healthcare Association (Prue Power 5 April 2007) (PDF 622 KB)
  81. Healthscope (Cathy Jones 15 March 2007) (PDF 350 KB)
  82. Clinical Excellence Commission (March 2007) (PDF 165 KB)
  83. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (Don Swinbourne April 2007) (PDF 110 KB)
  84. Australian Insurance Association (Dr Michael Armitage 11 April 2007) (PDF 47 KB)
  85. Consumers Health Forum of Australia (Helen Hopkins 4 April 2007) (PDF 1134 KB)
  86. Hunter Valley Private Hospital (11 April 2007) (PDF 46 KB)
  87. Department of Health and Ageing Cover Letter (Richard Eccles 12 April 2007) (PDF 655 KB)
    87a Department of Health and Ageing (Richard Eccles 12 April 2007) (PDF 71 KB)
  88. NPACC Supplementary Commonwealth Submission (Prof Leslie Burnett 30 March 2007) (PDF 57 KB)
  89. Ramsay Health Care (Patrick Grier - 30 April 2007) (PDF 41 KB)
  90. Maree Hogan (8 May 2007) (PDF 19 KB)

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Updated: 17 May, 2007

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