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The Victorian Quality Council (VQC) finished its term on 30 June 2012. The resources found on this site represent ten years of work completed by the VQC.

The VQC was the ministerial advisory committee that advised the Minister for Health and the Department of Health on actions to be taken to improve safety and quality of care in Victoria. The VQC operated for three terms: 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2005; 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2008; and 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2012. A report on the achievements of the third term council is available below.

VQC final report 2012

As well as providing expert advice and advocating for continuous improvement of quality and safety across the health sector, the VQC delivered against an endorsed strategic plan specific to each of its terms. The VQC led projects designed to improve various aspects of quality and safety and produced numerous resources that are valued by clinicians and healthcare consumers alike. The VQC resources will continue to be made available through the Commission for Hospital improvement.

Please note that some of the resources may no longer be based on the most current clinical evidence available. We have included publishing dates to allow you to use your discretions. These resources will be reviewed periodically with a view to removing those that are seldom accessed or have been superseded.

Resources and publications (alphabetical order by topic)

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

Acute Pain Management

Acute Pain Management Measurement Toolkit (March 2007)

Acute Pain Management Measurement - Toolkit (1511kb, pdf)
Appendix 1 - Pain rating scales (239kb, Micosoft Word)
Appendix 2 - Patient Brochure (236kb, Microsoft Word)
Appendix 3 - Reportable observations (42kb, Microsoft Word)
Appendix 4 - Thermic Observation Chart VQC (55kb, Microsoft Excel)
Appendix 5 - Special Analgesia Observation Chart (1200kb, Microsoft Word)
Appendix 6 - Analgesia Treatment Summary Form (26kb, Microsoft Word)

Acute Pain Management Measurement Audit Tools (May 2009)

Acute Pain Management Audit Tools (May 2009) (45kb, pdf)
Acute Pain Management Audit Tool Guidelines (May 2009) (72kb, pdf)

Managing Your Pain brochure (April 2008)

Change management

Successfully implementing change (226kb, pdf) (February 2006)
Understanding the Sustainability of Health Programs and Organisational Change (73kb, pdf) (June 2007)

Clinical Governance

For further information on clinical governance, you may wish to refer to the Victorian Clinical Governance Policy Framework.

Better Quality, Better Health Care: Executive Summary (124kb, pdf) (November 2003)
Better Quality, Better Health Care: A Safety and Quality Improvement Framework for Victorian Health Services (1010kb, pdf) (November 2003)
The Healthcare Board's role in clinical governance (1500kb, pdf) (November 2004)
Leading clinical governance in health services (582kb, pdf) (April 2005)
Developing the clinical leadership role in clinical governance (738kb, pdf) (April 2005)
Enabling the consumer role in clinical governance (684kb, pdf) (November 2004)

Clinical Handover

Clinical Handover Information Sheet (49kb, pdf) (February 2006)
Clinical handover - Results arising from a clinical handover survey circulated to all Victorian public health services (99kb, pdf) (July 2006)
Evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of standardised clinical handover tools at four Victorian health services - May 2008 (330kb, pdf) (May 2008)
Clinical handover: The next steps - June 2008 (376kb, pdf) (June 2008)
Clinical Handover A Coroner’s Perspective Dr Adam O’Brien (790kb, pdf) (November 2006)
Nurses’ perspectives of the different types of handover - Professor Beverly O'Connell (357kb, pdf) (November 2006)
Clinical Handover Workshop - Assoc Professor Christine Kilpatrick (42kb, pdf) (November 2006)
Handovers, Victorian Quality Council - Professor David Watters (1.15mb, pdf) (November 2006)
Of hat-tricks and elephants... - Dr Garry Lane (983kb, pdf) (November 2006)
Medical Handover at Northeast Health Wangaratta - Mr Kevin Vaughan (316kb, pdf) (Nomvember 2006)
Group work summary (45kb, pdf) (November 2006)

Clinical handover tools (November 2006)

The VQC released 'Minimising the risk of falls and falls related injuries - guidelines' in July 2004. If you'd like a copy please contact ann-maree.baker@health.vic.gov.au. For more recent falls guidelines please see the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's 2009 Guidelines.