The Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC) leads patient, clinical and system safety across NSW Health.
We support strong clinical governance and work with clinicians, health services, consumers and partners to reduce harm and support safer care for patients, families and communities.
Established in 2004, the CEC provides system-wide leadership in clinical governance and safety assurance across NSW Health.
What we do
We support safer care across NSW Health by:
- embedding and maturing the NSW Health Safety System Model
- working with clinicians, health services, consumers and partners to reduce harm
- monitoring, predicting and responding to patient safety risks
- leading clinical governance systems, processes and functions
- developing and co-producing evidence-based, statewide patient safety initiatives.
Our focus is on system‑level improvement, so health services are better supported to deliver safe care every day.
Our purpose
We work to make care safer and improve health outcomes for people and communities across NSW. This includes supporting safer care for Aboriginal people and communities and contributing to efforts to close the gap in health outcomes through culturally safe, system‑level approaches to patient safety.
Our values
We follow NSW Health’s CORE values:
- Collaboration
- Openness
- Respect
- Empowerment