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The Accreditation Committee undertakes wide-ranging consultation on accreditation reform and other National Scheme accreditation matters.
Where there are consultations open for input, they will be shown below.
Opens: 9 February 2024 Closes: 18 April 2024
The Accreditation Committee (the committee) is seeking feedback on its draft proposed principles (the principles) to strengthen the involvement of consumers in accreditation (229 KB,PDF), word version (305 KB,DOCX).
High levels of diverse consumer involvement in the design and delivery of healthcare can improve patient safety and healthcare outcomes. In accreditation, meaningful consumer involvement ensures that accreditation meets the needs of the community.
The consultation below includes an overview of the proposed principles and questions to help frame your feedback.
View the Proposed principles to strengthen the involvement of consumers in accreditation consultation paper (83.5 KB,PDF), word version (141 KB,DOCX).
Provide your feedback on the Proposed principles to strengthen the involvement of consumers in accreditation response template (67.5 KB,PDF), word version (148 KB,DOCX).
To find out more about this consultation and provide feedback, visit the Accreditation Committee’s current consultations webpage.
We welcome feedback from organisations, registered health practitioners and the public.
Submissions can be made using the template provided and emailing to [email protected].
The committee was established in 2021, in line with Ministerial Council Policy Direction 2020-1 – Independent Accreditation Committee. The committee gives independent and expert advice on accreditation reform and other National Scheme accreditation matters to National Scheme entities (National Boards, accreditation authorities and Ahpra).
For information on accreditation in the National Scheme see the Ahpra website.
The committee publish submissions at their discretion.
The committee generally publish consultation submissions on their websites to encourage discussion and inform the community and stakeholders. We will not place on our website, or make available to the public, submissions that contain offensive or defamatory comments or which are outside the scope of the consultation. Before publication, we may remove personally identifying information from submissions, including contact details.
The committee accept submissions made in confidence. These submissions will not be published on the website or elsewhere. Submissions may be confidential because they include personal experiences or other sensitive information. A request for access to a confidential submission will be determined in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), which has provisions designed to protect personal information and information given in confidence.
Please let us know if you do not want us to publish your submission or want us to treat all or part of it as confidential.
Published submissions will include the names of the individuals and/or the organisations that made them, unless confidentiality is expressly requested.