Health Services Act 1988

After completing a quality and safety review in respect of a health service entity, the Chief Quality and Safety Officer must prepare a written report of the findings of the review.

A report prepared under this section—

must specify the findings of the Chief Quality and Safety Officer resulting from the review; and

may include recommendations that the Chief Quality and Safety Officer considers appropriate to improve the quality and safety of services provided by one or more of the health services entities to which the review relates; and

must be clearly designated as either a standard quality and safety review report or a protected quality and safety review report, as applicable.

The Chief Quality and Safety Officer must provide a copy of a report prepared under this section to any health service entity to which the report relates as soon as practicable after the quality and safety review is completed.

If a report prepared under this section contains recommendations, a health service entity to which the report relates must provide a written response not later than 10 business days after receipt of the report setting out the action that has been, is, or will be, taken in relation to the recommendations.

After receiving a written response under subsection (4), the Chief Quality and Safety Officer may—

continue to monitor a health service entity; and

request further information from the health service entity; and

conduct another quality and safety review relating to the health service entity.