NHS Evidence consults on draft accreditation decisions
NHS Evidence has published draft recommendations proposing that the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s Centres for Clinical Practice (NICE CCP) and Health Technology Evaluation (NICE CHTE) receive accreditation for demonstrating and implementing rigorous policies and procedures to develop guidance. Draft recommendations have been issued for consultation only: final recommendations have not yet been issued.
The NHS Evidence accreditation scheme will enable the most reliable and trusted sources of guidance to be easily recognisable. NHS Evidence will award a seal of approval (an accreditation mark) to guidance producers who show compliance with a defined set of criteria reflecting their guidance is robust – for example, processes for recording potential conflicts of interest and seeking patient views and preferences.
The draft accreditation reports, including the draft accreditation decisions are now available on the NHS Evidence website until 20 August 2009. The purpose of the consultation is to validate the evidence provided by the guidance producer and the draft decision of the accreditation advisory committee. A summary of the consultation feedback will be presented at the next meeting of the accreditation advisory committee who will make final decisions on whether to accredit each of the guidance producers. The first accredited guidance producers will appear on NHS Evidence in October 2009.
Dr Gillian Leng, chief operating officer for NHS Evidence said: “Accreditation will provide confidence to health and social care practitioners that the information they are accessing is of a high standard – in turn, this will help them drive up standards of patient care. I would encourage anyone who is going to rely on this service, including healthcare practitioners, patients and carers and industry representatives to comment on the draft decisions we have published on NHS Evidence.”
Prior to going live, NHS Evidence went through a user testing phase where individuals from a diverse range of disciplines and clinical backgrounds fed back on the design and functionality of the service. NHS Evidence has an ongoing commitment to user involvement and would like feedback on the draft accreditation consultation documents from individuals who will be using the portal – including health and social care professionals, commissioners, academics and researchers. The draft accreditation consultation documents can be accessed at: http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/Accreditation.aspx. Consultation comments should be sent to: NHSEvidenceAccreditation@nice.org.uk.
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