A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Title/Summary | Area Responsible | Decision Number | Document(s) |
| Mental Health Statement Of Rights And Responsibilities This Statement aims to ensure that consumers, carers, advocates, service providers and the community are aware of their rights and responsibilities and can be confident in exercising them. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive |  Mental Health Statement Of Rights And Responsibilities (PDF File 129k) | |
| Raising The Standard: A Manual To Guide Quality Improvement In Act Community Service Organisations This manual is the result of collaborative partnership between the ACT Government and the ACT Community sector to develop a set of generic standards for use in quality improvement of community service organisations in the ACT. The complete package consists of the standards, self-assessment and quality planning guide, tools to support the process, and workbooks. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Raising The Standard: A Manual To Guide Quality Improvement In Act Community Service Organisations (PDF File 58k) | |
| Immunisation Program National Schedule Schedule of vaccines as outlined in the Australian Government's National Immunisation Program Schedule. vaccination | ACT Health-Wide Population Health | Immunisation Program National Schedule (PDF File 140k) | |
| Healthcare Facilities Code Of Practice 2001 The ACT healthcare facilities code of practice 2001Outlines standards for the public reporting of healthcare facilities to the community, and a mechanism for the licensing and audit of healthcare facilities that provide certain prescribed medical and/or dental procedures. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Healthcare Facilities Code Of Practice 2001 (PDF File 61k) | |
| Corporate Governance Statement World class performance in the provision of public services comes from getting the right people, the right culture, the right quality of information and the right decision-making systems, and then binding these together within an effective corporate governance management structure. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Corporate Governance Statement (PDF File 4027k) | |
| Consumer Feedback Standards - Listening And Learning These standards outline a best practice framework for managing consumer initiated feedback.The Listening & Learning package includes standards, service improvement tool, feedback forms and staff training materials. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Consumer Feedback Standards - Listening And Learning (PDF File 257k) | |
| Consumer And Carer Participation Policy: A Framework For The Mental Health Sector This policy was developed as a guide for mental health stakeholders within the public, private and non-government sectors developming and/or implementating consumer and carer participation policies. The policy aims to cover all levels of participation, and incorporates consumer and carer input at individual, local, state, and national levels. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Consumer And Carer Participation Policy: A Framework For The Mental Health Sector (PDF File 244k) | |
| Mental Health Workforce National Practice Standards The Practice Standards are intended to inform consumers and carers and health professionals about the kinds of knowledge, skills and attitudes that mental health professionals should have when working in a mental health service. The Practice Standards contain 12 standards intended for the five professional disciplines of Psychiatry, Nursing, Social Work, Psychology and Occupational Therapy. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Mental Health Workforce National Practice Standards (PDF File 24k) | |
| Promotion, Prevention And Early Intervention For Mental Health 2000 National Action Plan This action plan contains strategies to address the promotion, prevention and early intervention outcomes identified in the Second National Mental Health Plan. The framework aims to promote mental health; reduce mental health problems through enhancing protective factors and reducing risk factors; and to intervene early to minimise the impact of mental health. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Promotion, Prevention And Early Intervention For Mental Health 2000 National Action Plan (PDF File 1842k) | |
| Eat Well Act - A Public Health Nutrition Plan 2004 - 2010 Eat Well ACT provides a framework to use when setting strategic direction and priorities for public health nutrition in the ACT for 2004 – 2010. It provides a shared vision for the promotion of nutrition and healthy eating for the ACT, a framework for the development of partnerships with relevant government and non government organisations and community groups, and provides a basis for advocacy with non-health sectors about the impact of programs on food and nutrition issues. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Eat Well Act - A Public Health Nutrition Plan 2004 - 2010 (PDF File 3451k) | |
| Community Sector Funding Policy An overarching framework for ACT Health's engagement with the community sector to deliver services in the community. | ACT Health-Wide Policy | Community Sector Funding Policy (PDF File 558k) | |
| Management Of A Complaint Or Concern About The Clinical Competence Of A Clinician Policy This policy seeks to promote patient safety in the provision of health services. It does this through the appropriate management of a complaint or concern about the clinical competence of a clinician. Clinical competence refers to the knowledge, skill and attributes possessed and applied by the clinician in the course of their clinical duties. The policy complements the ACT Health framework for performance management identified in Certified Agreements and does not replace those arrangements. | ACT Health-Wide Chief Executive | Management Of A Complaint Or Concern About The Clinical Competence Of A Clinician Policy (PDF File 120k) |
