The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQH) has published a new Australian Open Disclosure Framework, a tool for communicated unexpected health outcomes and harm. The framework provides a nationally consistent basis for communicating with consumers, carers and loved ones. It serves as a revision to the previous Open Disclosure Framework… Continue reading New Open Disclosure Framework for health services

Last month, the State Government announced the final outcome of the Independent Review of WA Health System Governance. The Chief Psychiatrist sat on the Minister’s Working Party to advise on…