Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023

Clinical audit to which Part applies

59. This Part applies to a clinical audit that is carried out by a health services provider or a health practitioner (or both of them), where the data obtained from that audit is, or has been—

(a) collected solely for the purpose of improving patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare of patients,

(b) collected by the health services provider or the health practitioner (or both of them) or more than one health services provider or more than one health practitioner and analysed by the health services provider or the health practitioner (or both of them) or more than one health services provider or health practitioner,

(c) published as aggregated information, and

(d) used by that health services provider or health practitioner—

(i) solely for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to the manner in which that provider or the health practitioner provides, and improves, clinical care to patients,

(ii) for sharing with another health services provider or health practitioner solely for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a), to provide information in respect of the provision and improvement of clinical care for the purpose of improving patient safety and quality in healthcare, or

(iii) for the purpose and use referred to in subparagraph (i) and (ii).