Article: Practice accreditation: why bother?(Members)

Since the introduction of minimum standards of clinical practice in 1989, the SCP has championed the right of its members to self audit and risk assess their activity and environment against agreed criteria. In recent times the professional practice committee has dropped the term 'minimum' because so many of the actions we undertake are underwritten by legislation.

The SCP increasingly hears calls from the independent sector that there is a downward pressure on the ability of the self-employed to follow the myriad of rules and regulations impacting on finance, building structure, clinical environment, sundries medicines/ waste and its safe disposal and, as we are ...