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This guide is about how to give safe and good health care to people with intellectual disability.
The guide says how to use the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards to improve care. The guide has practical tips. It shares facts about issues that affect the health of people with intellectual disability.
The guide has Standards about:
- leadership, safety and evidence based care
- how to work together with people with intellectual disability
- safe use of medicines
- making sure that all of people's health needs are met
- how to communicate well with people with intellectual disability
- knowing what to do when a person's health gets worse.
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Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
The Commission leads and coordinates national improvements in the safety and quality of health care in Australia. It is part of the Health portfolio of the Australian Government.
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