A Guide for Dental Practices has been designed to assist dental practices assess their compliance with the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. It primarily focuses on the process of accreditation and explains the key steps in an accreditation process. The Guide provides examples of evidence that could be used to demonstrate the Standards have been met and additional resources to assist dental practices prepare for accreditation. It is aimed at those responsible for coordinating accreditation processes. This may be a practice manager, principal dental practitioner or quality manager who is responsible for supporting improvement activity in a dental practice and collating the outcomes of these processes for accreditation.
| Addendum – A Guide for Dental Practitioners (Pages 2 and 8).A previous version of the Guide stated that private dental practices in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Tasmania (TAS) were to be accredited to the NSQHS Standards.
The Commission would like to clarify that:
For further queries, please contact the Commission on 02-9126 3600 or email NSQHSStandards@safetyandquality.gov.au. |
- A Guide for Dental Practices – Part A (information about the accreditation process) (PDF 636 KB)
- A Guide for Dental Practices – Part B (assessment tool that includes examples of evidence) (PDF 776 KB)
Feedback and online survey
The Guide is a draft only and before being finalised, need to be reviewed by users. Consultation is now underway and the Commission is seeking your feedback.
Please review the Guide and provide us with your feedback via the Guide for Dental Practices online survey by Friday 24 August.
Your feedback on the Guide is crucial in ensuring that the final resources are relevant and useful for you in implementing the Standards.
The survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and does not ask for any identifying information.
Feedback and comment is encouraged via the online survey.
Email and written comment will also be welcome, and these may be published on the Commission’s web site. Please indicate in your response if you do not wish for your comments to be published.
Consultation closes on Friday 24 August 2012. Late submissions will be accepted. However, the time available to consider your comments may be limited. Applications are encouraged by the closing date.
Written comment should be marked ‘NSQHS Standards Resources Consultation’ and sent to:
GPO Box 5480
SYDNEY NSW 2001
or
nsqhsstandards@safetyandquality.gov.au
Next steps
Following the consultation process, the resources will be finalised and published on the Commission’s website by October 2012.
For more information please contact us on 02 9126 3600 or nsqhsstandards@safetyandquality.gov.au
We look forward to receiving your feedback.