The Department of Health is seeking two consumer representatives to join a time limited expert working group. The expert working group is being established to assist with a project to support optimal GP pathology requesting by providing feedback, information and educational materials; and reduce GP requests for pathology tests that are unlikely to support diagnosis or improve health outcomes for their patients.

The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) is currently working on a project to develop a simplified information sheet and consent form for comparative effectiveness research studies.  To progress this project ACTA has produced a report on the feasibility of an approach to simplify consent for comparative effectiveness trials in Australia, as well as Draft Guidance and Template for CER trials. The ACTA - Embedding Clinical Trials in Routine Care Reference Group has been established to review these background documents relating to a proposal to find a proportionate consent model for CER trials within the Australian regulatory and ethical context. 

The Dietetic Credentialing Council (DCC) is an independent Council responsible for the regulatory framework for the dietetic profession in Australia.

The Multipurpose Services Project aims to improve safety and quality and accreditation processes in all sections of multipurpose services, including aged care. The project will investigate options for addressing duplication of accreditation in multipurpose services, including the option of using a modified second edition of the NSQHS Standards.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission), in collaboration with the RACGP, developed the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme, which commenced on 1 January 2017.