Using an accreditation scheme to demonstrate quality in mental healthcare settings

Mathew J Page; Alan Metherall; Graham Hinchcliffe

Using an accreditation scheme to demonstrate quality in mental healthcare settings

Nurs Times. 2010;106(25):18-9.

Authors

Mathew J Page¹, Alan Metherall, Graham Hinchcliffe

Affiliation

¹ 2gether Foundation Trust.

PMID: 20695346

Abstract

A new accreditation programme for psychiatric intensive care units aims to improve the quality of services. This article examines the programme's content, the process of accreditation and why such schemes are important.

MeSH terms

Accreditation / organization & administration*
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Intensive Care Units / organization & administration*
Mental Health Services / organization & administration*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Psychiatry / organization & administration
Quality of Health Care / organization & administration*
Societies, Medical / organization & administration
State Medicine / organization & administration*
United Kingdom