PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Valori, R
AU  - Rogers, C
AU  - Johnston, D
AU  - Ingham, J
TI  - Developing a strategy for accreditation of clinical services
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-6-538
DP  - 2013 Dec 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 538--542
VI  - 13
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/6/538.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/6/538.full
SO  - Clin Med2013 Dec 01; 13
AB  - Accreditation is one method of assuring quality. Accreditation requires the setting of standards and the creation of a robust and reliable process for assessing them. Accreditation offers different advantages to different groups, eg quality assurance to commissioners and the boards of provider organisations, confidence and choice for patients, and a quality improvement pathway for services to follow. This paper is focused on service accreditation and it proposes that service accreditation be professionally led.