All Inclusive Fees – (fees include expenses and travel within Metro areas of QLD & NSW) $500 travel supplement for all other areas, including WA, VIC & SA
Comprehensive Quality Standards Audit Visit
Accreditation & Strengthened Standards Readiness
- 4 Full days onsite (covering up to 100 beds)
- Outputs: Audit report with detailed findings and actions including a management / senior team feedback session.
Audit includes:
- All 7 Strengthened Quality Standards
- Restrictive Practice Audit, Care Planning, Care Delivery
- Privacy, Dignity, Choice & Control
- Risk Assessment, Management, Mitigation & Trending
- Infection Control
- Nutrition & Hydration
- Complaints and Compliments
- Recruitment & Education
- Governance and Corporate Oversight
- Regulatory exposure analysis and Risk rating
- Executive summary, detailed report and action plan
- 4 days on-site at facility + reporting – up to 100 beds
- Cost: $4400 + GST
Regulatory Risk Profile Audit
- 2 Full days onsite (covering up to 100 beds)
- A specialised 2-day on-site Restrictive Practice Review – A focused review designed to identify potential areas of regulatory exposure before they become compliance issues.
Audit includes:
- External-facing documentation review
- Governance system assessment
- Risk identification following review of external-facing documentation
- Regulatory exposure analysis and Risk rating
- Executive summary, detailed report and action plan
Pricing
- 2 days on-site at facility + reporting – up to 100 beds
- Cost: $2200 + GST
Targeted Risk & Assurance Reviews
Audit includes:
Not every provider requires a full-service audit.
Where a specific area of risk has been identified, Care 4 Quality can undertake a focused review designed to provide independent assurance, validate improvement activities and identify any remaining areas of regulatory exposure.
These reviews are tailored to the individual needs of the service and may focus on a single standard, process, department or identified risk area.
Common review areas include:
• Medication management
• Restrictive practices
• Incident management and SIRS
• Clinical documentation and care planning
• Governance and quality systems
• Infection prevention and control
• Nutrition and hydration
• Consumer dignity and choice
• Workforce capability and supervision
• Complaints management
Sustaining Improvement Following Non-Compliance
Providers who have previously received regulatory findings, non-compliance notices or accreditation outcomes may benefit from an independent review to assess whether corrective actions have been effectively embedded into everyday practice.
These reviews evaluate not only whether actions have been completed, but whether improvements are evident, sustained and deliver the intended outcomes.
The review may include:
• Validation of completed action plans
• Evidence and documentation review
• Staff interviews and observation of practice
• Assessment of governance oversight and monitoring
• Identification of residual risks and emerging concerns
• Independent assurance reporting with practical recommendations
Each review is tailored to the organisation’s specific circumstances, providing Boards, Executives and Managers with confidence that key risks are being effectively managed and that improvements remain embedded over time.
Pricing
- On-site at facility + reporting – up to 100 beds day rate $1100 + GST
- Off-site + reporting – up to 100 beds, day rate $650 + GST
