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Experience of care improvement self-assessment
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Accessible content, published 18 February 2025, revised 24 February 2026.
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Drawn from the main self-assessment guidance, an MS Word version of the assessment tool, listing all 23 improvement areas across the 5 main self-assessment sections.
Published 25 February 2025, updated 24 February 2026.
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MS Word version of the review group discussion worksheet, taken from appendix 2 in the main guidance.
The improvement self-assessment review group can use this worksheet to guide discussion and record actions relating to each area.
The maturity matrix can help make a baseline assessment.
Published 18 February 2025.
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This matrix helps providers to focus on the key areas (including supporting practice) that need to be present to ensure continuous improvement of experiences of care.
It brings together the characteristics of organisations that consistently improve experience of care and enables boards to carry out an organisational diagnostic against a set of indicators.
Revised 29 January 2026.