Background Formal processes for recognising and responding to deteriorating emergency
department (ED) patients are variable despite features of the ED context that may increase …

Although prostate cancer (PC) has a significant mortality, there is debate regarding the utility
of PC screening. This debate continues as major studies investigating the value of …

Background Medication safety is of increasing importance and understanding the nature
and frequency of medication errors in the Emergency Department (ED) will assist in tailoring …

Quality problem or issue: Governing bodies of health services need assurance that major
risks to achieving the health service objectives are being controlled. Currently, the main …

Objectives To determine whether sharing of routinely collected health service performance
data could have predicted a critical safety failure at an Australian maternity service. Design …

The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis presented an unprecedented challenge to the
Australian health system. From initial identification in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, its …

Hypothesis Chronic conditions that cause raised intra-abdominal pressure, such as obesity,
chronic cough and constipation are risk factors for pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). We …

In 2010, a position statement was produced on the use of thermography as a breast cancer
screening or diagnostic tool. 1 It concluded that there was insufficient evidence to support …

Attendance at the Ultrasound Workshop and social functions is by ticket only. Tickets are
enclosed in your registration envelope with your namebadge, according to your attendance …

On 23 June this year, the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) after 43 years of
membership. The vote to leave the EU has already been felt in the UK and globally. Whether …