Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS REGULATION 2023 - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4 – Authorised purposes for prescribed patient safety entities

Part 1 - Authorised purposes—Act, section 85

1 Administrative unit of the department responsible for coordinating improvements in the safety and quality of health services

• improving the effectiveness and outcomes of quality assurance activities undertaken in Services and the department

• facilitating State-wide learning from quality assurance activities, including by issuing State-wide patient safety alerts, advisory documents and other information to support patient safety initiatives

• developing, monitoring and evaluating patient safety initiatives and programs

• undertaking research on the operation and effectiveness of quality assurance committees

2 Administrative unit of the department responsible for coordinating programs and activities for health service delivery in rural and remote areas

• contributing to the development, review and improvement of policies and standards relating to quality assurance activities in rural Services

• monitoring and reporting on the implementation of recommendations contained in quality assurance committee reports or other documents in rural Services

• developing and implementing patient safety initiatives in rural Services

3 Executive committee established by the chief executive to oversee improvements in the safety and quality of health services

• reviewing patient safety and quality performance in Services and the department

• monitoring, evaluating and promoting improvement in patient safety and quality performance in Services and the department

4 Safety and quality committees

• contributing to the development, review and improvement of policies and standards of the committee’s board relating to quality assurance activities in the Service of the board that established the committee

• monitoring and reporting to the committee’s board on the implementation of recommendations contained in quality assurance committee reports or other documents in the Service

• developing and implementing patient safety initiatives of the committee’s board in the Service

Part 2 - Authorised purposes—Act, section 112

5 Administrative unit of the department responsible for coordinating improvements in the safety and quality of health services

• improving the effectiveness and outcomes of root cause analyses undertaken in Services and the department

• facilitating State-wide learning from root cause analyses, including by issuing State-wide patient safety alerts, advisory documents and other information to support patient safety initiatives

• developing, monitoring and evaluating patient safety initiatives and programs

• undertaking research on the operation and effectiveness of root cause analyses

6 Administrative unit of the department responsible for coordinating programs and activities for health service delivery in rural and remote areas

• contributing to the development, review and improvement of policies and standards relating to root cause analyses in rural Services

• monitoring and reporting on the implementation of recommendations contained in RCA reports or chain of events documents relevant to rural Services

• using information contained in RCA reports or chain of events documents to develop and implement patient safety initiatives in rural Services

7 Executive committee established by the chief executive to oversee improvements in the safety and quality of health services

• reviewing patient safety and quality performance in Services and the department

• monitoring, evaluating and promoting improvement in patient safety and quality performance in Services and the department

8 Safety and quality committees

• contributing to the development, review and improvement of policies and standards relating to root cause analyses in the Service of the board that established the committee

• monitoring and reporting to the committee’s board on the implementation of recommendations contained in RCA reports or other documents relevant to the board’s Service

• using information contained in RCA reports or chain of events documents to develop and implement patient safety initiatives in the Service

9 Quality assurance committees

• assessing and evaluating the quality of health services, to the extent the services are relevant to a reportable event

• reporting and making recommendations concerning the quality of health services, to the extent the services are relevant to a reportable event

• monitoring the implementation of its recommendations, to the extent its recommendations are relevant to a reportable event