Final Report: Chapter 27: Care of an Appropriate Standard




Home Page Search Final Report - The Final Report text - Summary - Recommendations - Annexes Interim Report Evidence Inquiry Seminars About the Inquiry Help		Final Report > Chapter 27: Care of an Appropriate Standard << previous \| next >> Chapter 27: Care of an Appropriate Standard Messages from Bristol Introduction The past: an absence of standards and of monitoring The gradual shift towards an interest in standards and in monitoring Clinical audit: the policy and the practice Recent developments Scope for building on recent developments Insufficient co-ordination in setting standards Confusion as to the availability of standards Comprehensive standards Problems with regard to monitoring standards Setting standards for clinical care Patient-centred standards The authority of standards of clinical care Generic standards for healthcare organisations A system for validating healthcare organisations Rationalising the `inspection industry': a single body to validate healthcare organisations Validation in the private sector Validation of services or facilities within a trust Monitoring of performance Information and clinical audit Informing the public and the professional Patients are entitled to care and treatment of an appropriate standard informed by current knowledge. << previous \| next >> \| back to top