The Australian Government today releases the review findings into the spread of COVID-19 at Sydney aged care facility Newmarch House.
\nIn offering further condolences to the families of the 19 residents who died as a result of the outbreak between April and June, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Richard Colbeck said lessons learned are being implemented to offer greater protections as we continue to combat the pandemic.
\n\u201cThe outbreak at Anglicare\u2019s Newmarch House was incredibly challenging and underlined the impact this infection can have within an aged care facility,\u201d Minister Colbeck said.
\n\u201cThe Australian Government is committed to learning from the experience at Newmarch House and to doing all we can to ensure aged care providers are prepared to address future outbreaks so that residents receive safe and quality care.\u201d
\nIn June 2020, the Chief Medical Officer and now Secretary of the Department of Health, Professor Brendan Murphy, commissioned Professor Lyn Gilbert and Adjunct Professor Alan Lilly undertook the independent review.
\nThey consulted with stakeholders, including family members of residents, to provide a comprehensive break down of what led to the outbreak and how authorities responded to it.
\nMinister Colbeck said the review is an important resource for all levels of government which would improve the management of potential future outbreaks and inform advice and guidance to support the aged care sector.
\n\u201cWe continue to integrate the learnings from Newmarch and infections in Victoria into the national response as outbreaks occur,\u201d Minister Colbeck said.
\nChanges already implemented include:<\/p>\n
Additionally, the Australian Government is supporting the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in its monitoring efforts. The Australian Government today releases the review findings into the spread of COVID-19 at Sydney aged care facility Newmarch House. In offering further condolences to the families of the 19 residents who died as a result of the outbreak between April and June, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Richard Colbeck said lessons learned … Continue reading “Release of Newmarch House review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Commission continues to take decisive steps related to the issuing of corrective action to ensure providers and management respond appropriately and levels of care are met.
\nMinister Colbeck said throughout the pandemic there has also been regular, ongoing communication to the aged care sector about managing outbreaks, including providing updated advice incorporating learnings from Australia and other countries.
\nThe Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) outbreak guidelines are supported by a \u2018First 24 hours\u2019 document, published by the Department, which also provides aged care facilities with practical steps they should take in order, following the identification of a positive COVID case.
\n\u201cEach of these implemented actions, are another step toward reinforcing the sector and ultimately protecting senior and vulnerable Australians,\u201d Minister Colbeck said.
\n\u201cThe Government\u2019s measures to tackle COVID-19 in aged care now exceeds $1 billion.\u201d
\nThe independent review into the impact of COVID-19 at Newmarch House can be found on the\u00a0website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"