Review of Progress Against Healthcare Standards for Wales
In May 2005 the Welsh Assembly Government published Healthcare Standards for Wales, setting set out a common framework of healthcare standards to support the NHS and partner organisations in providing effective, timely and quality services across all healthcare settings. The standards are focused on improving the patient experience and placing patients at the centre of the way in which services are planned and delivered providing a basis for continuous improvement.
During 2007 NHS organisations have been required to self-assess their progress in delivering the highest level of performance against each of the 32 standards and to submit their assessments to Healthcare Inspectorate Wales by the end of June 2007 for testing and validation. This has been the first year that NHS organisations have been required to undertake such an assessment and they have been required to deliver to a tight timetable and we appreciate the efforts made by NHS organisations to ensure deadlines have been met and the commitment shown to ensuring lessons are learnt from the process.
The focus on improving the quality and safety of healthcare commissioned and provided by NHS Wales has never been greater and the information gathered as part of the assessment process has enabled us to develop an overview of NHS Wales. However, as with any new process a number of issues have been highlighted in respect of the assessment approach, which requires further refinement and development. We look forward to working with NHS organisations over the coming months to take this further work forward in readiness for next years assessments.
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12/10/2009
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