Table 1: Applicability of NSQHS Standards to community health services Standards Health Definition service type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Aboriginal A comprehensive, integrated All items All items Some All items All items All items All items All items Not All items and Torres primary healthcare service items Strait that includes clinical care, may not except only for Islander communicable disease, be Action blood health environmental health, applicable 5.3.1 products services pharmaceuticals, counselling, used preventive medicine, health education and promotion, rehabilitative services, antenatal and postnatal care, maternal and child care and other specific programs and support services.2 Allied health Services include a range All items All items Some Some All items All items Not Some Not All items care of therapies offered by items items items qualified clinicians such as may not may not except may not physiotherapy, occupational be be Action be therapy, dietetics and nutrition, applicable applicable 5.3.1 applicable speech pathology and optical services.3 Cancer Screening and diagnostic All items All items Some All items All items All items Not Not Not Not screening services that help to detect items services cancer. This includes breast, may not except skin, bowel and cervical be Action cancer.4 applicable 5.3.1
Table 1: Applicability of NSQHS Standards to community health services Health service type Definition Standards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services A comprehensive, integrated primary healthcare service that includes clinical care, communicable disease, environmental health, pharmaceuticals, counselling, preventive medicine, health education and promotion, rehabilitative services, antenatal and postnatal care, maternal and child care and other specific programs and support services.2 All items All items Some items may not be applicable All items All items except Action 5.3.1 All items All items only for blood products used All items Not All items Allied health care Services include a range of therapies offered by qualified clinicians such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics and nutrition, speech pathology and optical services.3 All items All items Some items may not be applicable Some items may not be applicable All items except Action 5.3.1 All items Not Some items may not be applicable Not All items Cancer screening services Screening and diagnostic services that help to detect cancer. This includes breast, skin, bowel and cervical cancer.4 All items All items Some items may not be applicable All items All items except Action 5.3.1 All items Not Not Not Not
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