About quality assurance committees
Quality assurance committees review and improve the safety and quality of health services. They’re set up under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.
Committees assess services, find areas for improvement, recommend changes, and check if those changes are working.
Committee members and people they work with follow strict confidentiality rules. They must keep shared details private, with serious penalties for breaches.
Legislation protects people from liability when they honestly and with good reason give information to a committee. No one can make a legal claim against them for sharing it. Information given to or created by a committee is also protected. It can't be accessed or used in legal cases. Committee members and those helping them can’t be forced to give evidence.
These protections help people feel safe to take part and work together to improve care for patients.
Register of quality assurance committees
Learn more about a committee by visiting their website or emailing the committee secretariat.
Established by Queensland Health
Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Quality Assurance Committee
Email mhaodqac@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Maternal and Perinatal Quality Council
Email qmpqc@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Perioperative and Periprocedural Anaesthetic Mortality Review Committee
Email qppamrc@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Cancer Control Safety and Quality Partnership Quality Assurance Committee
Email cancerallianceqld@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Gynaecological Cancer Quality Assurance Committee
Queensland Paediatric Quality Council
Email qpqc@health.qld.gov.au
Queensland Trauma and Burns Quality Assurance Committee
Email qtbqac@health.qld.gov.au
Retrieval Services Queensland Statewide Integrated Governance Quality Assurance Committee
Email rsqstig@health.qld.gov.au
Statewide Cardiothoracic Surgery Quality Assurance Committee
Email scciu@health.qld.gov.au
Established by professional associations, colleges or licensees of private health facilities
Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality
Established by the Chief Executive Officer, Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Email qasm@surgeons.org
Royal Flying Doctor Service Clinical Case Review Quality Assurance Committee
Established by the Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctors Service
Email clinicalgovernance@rfdsqld.com.au
Wesley Hospital Quality Assurance Committee
Established by the Director Medical Services, Wesley Hospital
Email twh.quality@uchealth.com.au
How we support quality assurance committees
Clinical Excellence Queensland has a governance and compliance role for all committees.
We maintain a register of committees and review annual activity statements and triennial reports. We also support new committees and arrange forums.
Guide for quality assurance committees
Our guide for committees explains how to establish and manage a quality assurance committee. It has information for members and people working with committees about legal protections and confidentiality.
Contact us
For more information email quality-assurance-committee@health.qld.gov.au