About Council

The Victorian Quality Council was established in 2001 as an expert strategic advisory group to lead the safety and quality agenda for Victorian health care services. Council members were selected based on skills and abilities to ensure activities are relevant and useful to the field. VQC consults widely with a range of recognised experts when developing projects and tools to assist health services implement quality and safety initiatives.

Highlights of Council’s first two terms included:

• the development and dissemination of a Safety & Quality Improvement Framework for Victoria
• undertaking two state-wide Pressure Ulcer Point Prevalence Surveys
• producing guidelines for Minimising the Risk of Falls & Falls-related Injuries
• successfully rolling out the statewide Hand Hygiene project
• publishing and supporting implementation of the Acute pain management measurement toolkit
• piloting the innovative Consumer leadership development program
• development of A guide to using data for health care quality improvement
• commenced work on Clinical handover and interhospital patient transfer  

Following an external evaluation of the VQC, the Minister for Health approved the Victorian Quality Council’s third term in June 2008.

This section of the site provides information about:

• Terms of reference
  For the Victorian Quality Council.

• Membership
  Members of the Victorian Quality Council were sought from across the Victorian health care sector. Professional experience of members is broad covering both clinical practice and research interests across the sector and consumer representation.

• Management group
  The Victorian Quality Council is supported by a management group based within the Department of Health.

• Meeting dates
  Meeting dates of the council 2009.

• Minutes
  For 2001 to 2009.

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