Quality assurance committees
Quality Assurance Committees (QACs) assess and evaluate the quality of health services, report and make recommendations.
The following principles guide the establishment and management of QACs:
- the purpose of a QAC is to improve the safety and quality of health services
- the role of a QAC must include:
- assessment and evaluation of the quality of health services
- reporting and making recommendations concerning those health services
- monitoring the implementation of its recommendations.
To encourage and facilitate the voluntary participation in healthcare improvement, prospective members of a QAC should be advised of their protection from liability. The protection from liability facilitates a confidential environment where practise, decisions and outcomes can be assessed and evaluated by members of a QAC.
The Quality Assurance Committee Guide provides detailed information about the establishment and management of QACs.
Register of quality assurance committees
Learn more about a committee by visiting their website or emailing the committee secretariat.
Established by the Director-General, Queensland Health
Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Quality Assurance Committee
Email mhaodqac@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Maternal and Perinatal Quality Council
Email qmpqc@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Cancer Control Safety and Quality Partnership Quality Assurance Committee
Email cancerallianceqld@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Gynaecological Cancer Quality Assurance Committee
Queensland Paediatric Quality Council
Email qpqc@health.qld.gov.au
Retrieval Services Queensland Statewide Integrated Governance Quality Assurance Committee
Email rsqstig@health.qld.gov.au
Statewide Cardiothoracic Surgery Quality Assurance Committee
Email scciu@health.qld.gov.au
Surgical Quality Assurance Committee
Email sqac@health.qld.gov.au
Established by a professional association, Hospital and Health Service, college or licensee of private health facility
Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality
Established by the Chief Executive Officer, Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Email qasm@surgeons.org
Royal Flying Doctor Service Clinical Case Review Quality Assurance Committee
Established by the Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctors Service
Email clinicalgovernance@rfdsqld.com.au
How we support quality assurance committees
Clinical Excellence Queensland has a governance and compliance role for all committees.
We maintain a register of committees and review annual activity statements and triennial reports. We also support new committees and arrange forums.
Guide for quality assurance committees
Our guide for committees explains how to establish and manage a quality assurance committee. It has information for members and people working with committees about legal protections and confidentiality.
Contact us
For more information email quality-assurance-committee@health.qld.gov.au