Health Information
This site containts a range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.
Telephone service
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Safer health care
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care provides excellent information on issues relating to patient safety.
Ten tips to Safer Health Care (84kb Pdf)
Fact sheets are available in 15 community languages .
This Agency provides consumer information on how to be actively involved and receive safer health care.
Five Steps to Safer Health Care
This fact sheet (365kb Pdf) tells what you can do to get safer health care. It was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association.
This fact sheet (365kb Pdf) tells what you can do to get safer health care. It was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association.
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
The single most important way you can help to prevent errors is to be an active member of your health care team. This fact sheets (222kb Pdf) provides other tips on how to prevent medical errors.