Guide to developing and implementing ward and unit accreditation programmes

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This guidance is for chief nurses and those in other senior nursing and midwifery roles.

It is to show them how they could design and implement a structured framework to measure, evaluate and continuously improve the delivery of care in the wards and units across their organisation.

Published March 2019.

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This is a practical guide to developing a ward and unit accreditation programme.

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Key ambitions with suggested evidence against these.

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Templates, tools and plans to support feedback and assessment.

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Core nursing standards and sources for meeting these, mapped against relevant CQC standards.

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Core community standards and sources for meeting these, mapped against relevant CQC standards.

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Key lines of enquiry and areas to consider.

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Good, great and outstanding standards and measures.