BS PAS 1616:2016

BS PAS 1616:2016 specifies requirements for the provision of clinical services.

It covers aspects of the provision of clinical services, including:

• clinical service planning and clinical service definition;
• leadership, strategy and management;
• person-centred treatment and/or care;
• risk and safety;
• clinical effectiveness;
• clinical service users with complex needs;
• staffing a clinical service;
• improvement, innovation, and transformation; and
• educating the future workforce.

It does not cover service-specific requirements for an individual clinical service.

NOTE These might be covered in existing standards.

This PAS is for use by clinical services providing treatment and/or care to clinical service users.


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