11 November Have your say on the draft Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard November 11, 2020 By Announcement, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality, Communication 0 The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has released the draft Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard for public consultation. The Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard will support a national approach to the treatment of anaphylaxis, which is the most severe form of allergic reaction, and potentially life-threatening if not treated immediately. More than four million Australians live with allergies and in the past five years, anaphylaxis hospital admissions in Australia increased 46% to 11,856 in 2018-19. The Commission is keen to receive comments on the draft clinical care standard from healthcare professionals, peak healthcare and consumer organisations, consumers and any other interested parties. If you or your health service organisation provide care to people who may require anaphylaxis treatment - or you are personally affected by anaphylaxis - you are invited to comment on the draft Acute Anaphylaxis Clinical Care Standard. Click here to complete the consultation survey Please share the link with anyone in your network who may like to comment. The public consultation will close at 11:59pm (AEDT) on Sunday 13 December 2020. For more information, contact the Clinical Care Standards team at ccs@safetyandquality.gov.au or visit our website. Related Articles RACGP Public Consultation: Draft Standards for general practice residential aged care The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has released the draft of the RACGP Standards for general practice residential aged care (1st edition) (Standards for GPRAC) for public consultation. Medicare benefits schedule review taskforce - seeking feedback on the draft reports from Primary Care reference groups The MBS Review Taskforce is undertaking a program of work to consider how the more than 5,700 items on the MBS can be aligned with contemporary clinical evidence and practice in order to improve health outcomes for patients and is now seeking feedback and comments from key stakeholders in the primary care sectors to review the report. Register for your free pass to Australian Healthcare Week Join AAPM at the largest healthcare expo of the year – Australian Healthcare Week 2019! MedicalDirector revitalises GP care plan use in Australia Department of Human Services: We’d like your insights into how Medicare communication to you can be improved The Department of Human Services is conducting a research project to find out how they can improve their website and Medicare communication to Practice Managers. Department of Human Services : Upgrading their digital health and aged care channels In the 2017-18 Budget, DHS received funding to enhance, stabilise and consolidate the existing health and aged care payments channels. Comments are closed.