Understanding the Role of National Guidelines in Healthcare

National guidelines are recommendations and standards set by a country's health authorities or professional organizations to guide healthcare practices, treatment protocols, and public health interventions.
Category
Regulatory Document
Where to get
Accessible on official health department websites, medical journals, and clinical guideline repositories.
Applicable for
Healthcare Practices | Treatment Protocols
Prepared by Shruti Sahoo, reviewed by Dr. Eugene Smith

National Guidelines FAQ


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What are the Health Service guidelines?

These guidelines support health service organisations to meet the requirements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, particularly the Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard. The Guidelines were jointly developed by the Commission and the NHMRC.

What are the NHMRC guidelines?

The guidelines are produced by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in collaboration with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare, and are published on the MAGICapp platform. For health and other care settings - the advice from the Infection Control Expert Group.

What are some examples of Public Health guidelines?

clinical practice – for example guidelines for best clinical care of people with borderline personality disorder public health – for example guidelines on nutrition and healthy eating. For more information, see the infographics that outline the process for developing public health guidelines.

When did the NHMRC guidelines come out?

The Guidelines were considered by the Council of NHMRC on 14 March 2019 for recommendation to the CEO for issuing. The CEO was pleased to accept the Council’s advice and agreed to issue the Guidelines under Section 7(1a) of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.

What are the national guidelines for public health units?

These guidelines give nationally consistent advice and guidance to Public Health Units to help them respond to notifiable diseases using best practice. The SoNG collection contains nationally consistent advice and guidance to help Public Health Units deal with notifiable diseases using best practice.

What if a healthcare worker is not in compliance with national guidelines?

The treating medical practitioner may be required to inform the appropriate registration board and the relevant area of the jurisdictional health department if the healthcare worker is not in compliance with the National Guidelines. All healthcare workers should be encouraged to undertake regular testing for BBVs.

National Guidelines References

If you want to know more about National Guidelines, consider exploring links below:

What Is National Guidelines

  1. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines
  2. https://www.health.gov.au/news/australian-alcohol-guidelines-revised
  3. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-standards
  4. https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure-transport-vehicles/infrastructure-investment-project-delivery/national-guidelines-infrastructure-project-delivery
  5. https://www.health.vic.gov.au/quality-safety-service/national-standards-and-guidelines-on-infection-prevention

National Guidelines Information

  1. https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines/guidelines

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