57Performance report prepared by Commissioner

57 Performance report prepared by Commissioner

(1) If the Commissioner is given, under subsection 56(3), a quality audit report about a home service, the Commissioner must, within 28 days after the Commissioner is given the report: (a) prepare a written report (the performance report) about the service; and (b) give a copy of the performance report to the home service provider of the service; and (c) publish the report on the Commission’s website. (2) In preparing the performance report, the Commissioner must take into account the following matters: (a) the quality audit report; (b) any response to the quality audit report given to the Commissioner by the home service provider of the service under subsection 56(5); (c) any relevant information given to the Commissioner, or to the assessment team for the quality audit of the service: (i) by an aged care consumer, or a former aged care consumer, of the service; or (ii) a nominated representative of such an aged care consumer or former aged care consumer; (d) any relevant information about the home service provider of the service given to the Commissioner by the Secretary; (e) any other relevant matter. (3) The performance report: (a) must include an assessment of the home service provider’s performance, in relation to the home service, against the Aged Care Quality Standards; and (b) may specify any areas in which improvements in relation to the home service must be made to ensure the Aged Care Quality Standards are complied with; and (c) may also include any other matters the Commissioner considers relevant.