Safer Together Program
Victoria’s statewide improvement program that aims to improve the safety, quality and sustainability of Victoria’s health care system.
Mental Health Improvement Program
This program works with mental health services to improve healthcare in Victorian publicly funded mental health and wellbeing services.
Victorian clinical governance framework
Our clinical governance framework contains guidance to assist organisations in delivering high quality care.
News and updates
The latest news, updates and opportunities within Safer Care Victoria.
NEWS
Victoria welcomes new Chief Paramedic Officer
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Leon Baranowski as Victoria’s new Chief Paramedic Officer.
NEWS
Release of the Respectful Maternity and Newborn Care Framework
A guide for health services, clinicians and consumers on maternity and newborn services.
NEWS
Clinical Governance Maturity Matrix now available
The Clinical Governance Maturity Matrix is now available to health services across Victoria to support self-assessment of clinical governance maturity.
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Safety
As Victoria’s healthcare safety and improvement agency, we know that most harm can be prevented through embedded safety cultures that promote continually improving quality and safety systems and practices.
Safer Care for Kids is a project that will improve the safety and quality of care for children accessing emergency healthcare in Victoria.
Health services must report the most serious cases of patient harm and death caused by adverse patient safety events, and make sure they’re properly reviewed.
When patients are unexpectedly harmed or die, a review team comes together to find out what happened, why, and how to prevent it from happening again.
Improvement
As the state's quality and safety improvement specialist, we have many resources to help you get started on your next improvement project.
We run and support many improvement projects in Victorian health services.
Find toolkits and training resources to improve your service or practice.
Find implementation resources, completed project summaries, clinical conversations and participant stories. Learn from our previous improvement initiatives to inform and accelerate your improvement efforts.
Victoria’s statewide improvement program that aims to improve the safety, quality and sustainability of Victoria’s health care system.
Our chief clinical officers
Victoria’s chief clinical officers provide expert leadership, advice and guidance on healthcare quality and safety to Safer Care Victoria and the Minister for Health.
We're helping to develop a National Nursing Workforce Strategy to address workforce challenges, and support the nursing profession.
Our Chief Mental Health Nurse is Anna Love, who is passionate about mental health nursing, clinical practice and leadership.
We support a number of consultative and executive councils to provide expert advice and improve outcomes for patients.
Upcoming events
Webinar
Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future - Culturally safe trauma-informed care
24 March|02:00pm - 03:00pm
This webinar explores the neurobiology of trauma, its various types, and impacts. It aims to improve service providers’ understanding of trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Webinar
Better Together: Mind & Continence / A systems-Based Approach to Patient Safety
27 March|02:00pm - 03:00pm
Join this Clinical Conversation featuring two complementary improvement projects run by Barwon Health, each offering practical insights into how teams are working to reduce avoidable harm and improve patient experience in different ways.
Webinar
Penicillin allergies: What ward staff need to know
5 May|01:00pm - 01:30pm
Join us for a clinical conversation focused on penicillin allergies and what ward staff need to know in everyday practice. This session will cover how to assess patients with a penicillin allergy, identify low-risk penicillin allergies, and understand the testing process.