Patients
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- Angiography
- Angioplasty and Stenting
- Aortic Aneurysms
- Biliary Drainage and Stenting
- Carotid Artery Stenting
- Central Venous Access
- Colonic Stenting
- Fibroids
- Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
- Gastrostomy
- Hepatic Malignancies
- Kidney Tumour Ablation
- Minimally Invasive Treatments for Vascular Disease
- Nephrostomy
- Oesophageal Stents
- Pelvic Venous Congestion Syndrome
- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
- Prostate Artery Embolisation PAE
- Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations
- PAE Patient Information Leaflet
- Ureteric Stenting
- Varicoceles
- Varicose Veins
- Vascular Malformations
- Vertebral Compression Fractures
- Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Organisations
National Patient Safety Agency
www.npsa.nhs.uk
A Department of Health body leading and contributing to improved, safe patient care by informing, supporting and influencing organisations and people working in the health sector. The NPSA aims to reduce risks to patients receiving NHS care and improve patient safety.
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
The MHRA is a Department of Health agency responsible for regulating all medicines and medical devices in the UK by ensuring they work and are acceptably safe. MHRA is responsible for the appointment and oversees the performance of these independent bodies. The MHRA also issues Medical Device Alerts. More information on the organisation and their work, including what is and what isn’t a medical device can be found by clicking on the link above.
Care Quality Commission
Independent healthcare regulator responsible for ensuring health and social care is delivered in line with national standards. For more information please visit: http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/about-us
Royal College of Radiologists
http://www.rcr.ac.uk/publication/standards-vascular-radiology-0,
Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
www.vascularsociety.org.uk
Vascular Services Quality Improvement Programme
http://www.vsqip.org.uk/
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Accountable to the Department of Health but operationally independent of government. Provides a variety of health and social care guidance in England.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
Develops a variety of evidence-based guidance for NHS Scotland.
National Service Frameworks and Strategies
Documents which set out clear standards of care in NHS England.
National Institute for Healthcare Research
Aims to improve healthcare delivery through research, funded by the Department of Health.
NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ)
http://www.nhsiq.nhs.uk/about-us.aspx
Working to improve health outcomes through service improvement.
Patient Safety Improvement Programme
For more information please visit: http://www.nhsiq.nhs.uk/improvement-programmes/patient-safety.aspx
Scottish Patient Safety Programme
For more information please visit: http://www.scottishpatientsafetyprogramme.scot.nhs.uk/about-us