Summary
The National Standards Assessment Program (NSAP) project is funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Health and Ageing. NSAP is a quality improvement program available for all specialist palliative care services across Australia. It is a resource that enables services to engage in continuous quality improvement through self assessment against Palliative Care Australia’s national palliative care standards, quality improvement action plan development and implementation, as well as peer mentorship.
NSAP has an overall aim of supporting palliative care services to move towards best practice, as set out in the agreed National Palliative Care Standards, through providing resources that support and enhance the ability of palliative care services to improve the quality of care within their existing quality improvement process and accreditation cycle.
The NSAP Project is available for all specialist palliative care services across Australia. Consultations are underway to modify this resource for potential use in the Residential Aged Care environment.
Palliative Care Australia has produced a National Quality Report based on data from the National Standards Assessment Program (NSAP). This publication provides an analysis of the self assessment reports received prior to June 30, 2010, including reports from the pilot program, a total of 69 reports.
NSAP Audit Tools
Three of the Audit tools used in the National Standards Assessment Program are now available for use by services.
Last updated 2 February 2012