Senate debates Bills
Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious Incident Response Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2020; In Committee
Richard Colbeck Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services
1:28 pm
Falls will be reportable under the Serious Incident Response Scheme where they are caused by unreasonable use of force towards a person, result from neglect by the aged-care provider or result in unexpected death. Where the fall is not reportable aged-care providers will still be required to identify, record, manage and resolve the incident; provide support to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of the person; and assess the incident and take necessary remedial action to prevent future incidents.
The next point I will make goes to the management of the entire aged-care system as a whole. As of 1 July this year, under the national mandatory quality indicator program, residential aged-care services will be required to report all care recipient falls, so when you bring these two things together—
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