The Minister for Aged Care, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, has announced that a new independent Aged Care Safety and Quality Commission will be set-up to oversee the approval, accreditation, assessment, monitoring, complaints handling and compliance of approved providers.
The new Commission will bring together the functions of the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency, Aged Care Complaints Commissioner and aged care regulatory functions of the Department of Health. This is in response to the recommendations of the Carnell-Paterson review of failures at South Australia’s Oakden Older Person’s Mental Health Service.
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