Academy of Medical
Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Nursing,
January 2016
- This framework was developed following concern about the ad hoc nature and variable quality of the numerous external reviews of services that were carried out at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
- The purpose of the framework is to ensure that there are similar principles, standards and working practices across non-statutory external reviews of NHS clinical services carried out by Colleges, professional bodies or other organisations.
