NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal and Register launch

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) have launched a new national Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal that will provide links to current Australian guidelines developed by governments, professional colleges, specialty societies and non-government agencies.

The new portal is a ‘one stop shop’ for clinicians, researchers, policy makers and consumers to access guidelines developed during the preceding five years for use in the Australian health care system.

In addition to the Portal, the NHMRC has developed a national clinical practice Guidelines in Development Register. This Register contains information about clinical practice guidelines that are planned or currently being developed in Australia.

The Australian guidelines are important tools that ensure the most recent Australian and international research is evaluated and applied across different health care settings to enable better health outcomes to be achieved for all.

Australia is a world leader in guideline development and implementation and the new Portal will improve access to these evidence based resources.

The Portal will improve the quality of clinical decisions, improve efficiency, improve consistency of care, reduce unnecessary morbidity and mortality and ultimately improve the quality of life for all Australians.

In developing the Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal, NHMRC consulted widely with Australian clinicians and guideline developers, guided by a specially convened group of major guideline developers. The Register has been specifically designed to enable Australian guideline developers to promote their work and network with other guideline developers.

The Portal and Register can now be accessed at www.clinicalguidelines.gov.au