Author: Elsa Kennett

Consultation open on the Care and Support Sector Code of Conduct

By mpconsulting

mpconsulting has been engaged to assist the Australian Government with the development of a Care and Support Sector Code of Conduct (the Code) applicable to providers and workers across the aged care, veterans’ care and disability support sectors. Through preliminary engagement with key representatives in the care and support sector, a draft Code has been prepared using the existing NDIS Code of Conduct as a basis. A consultation paper has been released outlining the purpose of the draft Code and. Read more...

Review of general practice accreditation arrangements

By mpconsulting

mpconsulting has been engaged by the Commonwealth Department of Health to undertake an independent review of the general practice accreditation arrangements under the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme (NGPA Scheme) and the various educational accreditation frameworks. The review is currently underway and will explore existing accreditation models, the incentives and barriers to accreditation for general practices, issues for accrediting agencies providing services to general practices and alternate accreditation models. The review will also consider overlaps between general practice and educational accreditation. During. Read more...

Release of IMS and SIRS guidance material for aged care providers

By mpconsulting

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) has released two new resources to support aged care providers to understand and meet new incident management and serious incident response requirements commencing on 1 April 2021. Effective incident management systems: Best practice guidanceSerious Incident Response Scheme – Guidelines for residential aged care providers The resources include a range of examples and prompts to support aged care providers to develop and embed a best practice incident management system and to understand. Read more...

Sunsetting legislation and the role of thematic reviews

By mpconsulting

What is a thematic review? Before legislation is due to sunset or ‘expire’, thematic reviews are used to identify whether legislation remains ‘fit for purpose’ or whether it should be remade with adjustments to ensure it can meet current and future needs.  Instruments are often grouped and their sunsetting dates altered to enable a combined review. Thematic reviews can involve reviewing legislative instruments made under the same Act, instruments that are related and/or which share a common theme, such as. Read more...

Consumer engagement in aged care - resources released

By mpconsulting

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) has just released a new resource titled Care that is right for me - a resource for working with aged care consumers. The resource identifies a range of best practice strategies and tools to support aged care providers to improve their engagement with aged care consumers and their representatives.  mpconsulting worked with the Commission and a representative steering group to develop the resource.  As part of this work, we undertook a literature review to. Read more...