Senate debates Questions without Notice

Aged Care


Richard Colbeck

Richard Colbeck Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians

3:04 pm

As I've just advised the chamber, I have made that a condition of accreditation. Each residential aged-care facility is checked for its accreditation. We are conducting checks on infection control in aged-care facilities all over the country. We have been doing that for a period of time and we will continue to do that. This is not just a set-and-forget process; it is a continuous improvement process that we have asked providers to put in place. This will be, and is, a requirement of their accreditation. So that fact will be checked as a part of that process.

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