Clinical alerts share important and timely information and advice to aged care providers on clinical matters from the Commission’s Chief Clinical Advisor.
2025 Clinical alerts and advice
| Issue | Articles |
|---|---|
| 18 November 2025 | Summer clinical alert 2025-26 - Preventing heat stress in older people |
| 27 May 2025 | Improving access to vaccination records in aged care |
| 19 May 2025 | National Palliative Care Week – The essentials |
| 15 April 2025 | Falls Awareness month |
| 27 March 2025 | Poor COVID-19 vaccination rates in aged care |
2024 Clinical alerts and advice
| Issue | Articles |
|---|---|
| 19 November | Summer clinical alert 2024 / 2025 |
| 22 August | New report finds older Australians given more antimicrobials than wider community |
2023 alerts
| Issue | Articles |
|---|---|
| 14 November | Summer clinical alert: Caring for older people in hot weather |
| 20 June | Preventing medication transcribing and dispensing errors in residential aged care |
| 2 May | Hot water scalding |
| 8 March | Warfarin shortage |
| 23 January | The importance of preventing equipment failures |
2022 alerts
| Issue | Articles |
|---|---|
| 15 December | Keeping residents safe this summer |
| 14 December | First aid and choking |
| 20 October | Incontinence associated dermatitis and pressure injury |
| 1 September | Behaviour support plans |
| 13 July | Impact of COVID-19 subvariants |
| 24 May | Heaters and burns |
