Aged Care Quality Standards
ACQS25-5.1 Governing body improves clinical safety and quality
Clause and reference 15-30(1) of the Aged Care Rules 2025 · our reference ACQS25-5.1
The requirement
The governing body makes sure the safety and quality of the clinical care given to people keeps improving, and that the provider delivers clinical care that is safe and of good quality.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: Aged Care Quality Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Clinical governance framework endorsed by the governing body
- Clinical quality and safety reports to the board
- Clinical priorities communicated to workers and individuals
What assessors commonly find
- Board receives no clinical indicators
- Clinical governance framework not endorsed
What evidence do I need?
For ACQS25-5.1 Governing body improves clinical safety and quality, the evidence to bring is: Clinical governance framework endorsed by the governing body; Clinical quality and safety reports to the board. It sits under Standard 5 - Clinical care and the instrument's own clause is 15-30(1). Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me clinical governance framework endorsed by the governing body, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading