Quality assurance
Quality assurance of professional standards
Framework for quality assurance and improvement
The Framework of quality assurance and improvement (FQAI) will help responsible officers and organisations to provide assurance that their professional standards processes meet the relevant statutory requirements and support quality improvement. It comprises the following descriptive text and three annexes, with the latter being illustrative templates showing the information and measures that organisations should produce and review. It is a development of the original Framework for quality assurance for responsible officers and revalidation (FQA). This is still valid as a resource, for example, for organisations recently identified as a designated body. For this reason relevant components can still be accessed further down this page.
- Framework for quality assurance and improvement 2023
- Annex A: Illustrative designated body annual board report and statement of compliance
- Annex B: Support and leadership function by NHS England regional professional standards teams
- Annex C: Template report from Professional Standards Assurance Committee to Professional Standards Strategic Oversight Group (PSSOG) on Framework for quality assurance and improvement for assurance of PSSOG and the NHS England Board
Original (2014) Framework for quality assurance for responsible officers and revalidation
While it is now largely replaced by the above FQAI, the original FQA is still valid as a resource, for example, for organisations newly identified as a designated body. For this reason relevant components can still be accessed here:
- Framework of Quality Assurance for Responsible Officers and Revalidation
- Annex A – Core standards (of the Responsible Officer Regulations)
- Annex B – Quarterly Information Template. This annex is now replaced within the FQAI
- Annex C – Annual Organisational Audit (AOA). This annex is now replaced within the FQAI
- Annex D – Annual Board report and Statement of compliance. This annex is now replaced within the FQAI
- Annex F – Independent verification
- There is draft guidance and a specification available for those who wish to commission an external review.
- Annex G – Bench-marking, calibration and checking consistency