• Process Standards
  • 1. Named leads
  • 2. All stakeholders involved
  • 3. Process mapping conducted
  • 4. Implementation linked to care governance structures
  • 5. Training needs assessment conducted
  • 6. Diagnostic information collated
  • 7. Recording and sharing of information
  • 8. Systems for recording and analysing variances developed
  • 9. Referral systems developed

Standard 4: Each NHS board and partner agencies can demonstrate that local care governance systems support ICP development and implementation.

Supporting material for process standard 4:

NHS boards and partner agencies need to demonstrate that local care governance systems support ICP development and implementation.

Examples of evidence required to meet standard 4:

- Organisation's governance plan/strategy
- Relevant project documentation e.g. Project Initiation Documents
- Minutes of clinical governance meetings
- Local ICP strategy
- Minutes of ICP group meetings

Useful Resources:

• 1. Office of Government Commerce. Programme and Project Management Resources
• 2. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland. National standards: clinical governance and risk management: achieving safe, effective, patient focused care and services. Edinburgh:NHS QIS; 2005