The Chartered Quality Institute

The CQI Health and Social Care mutual links

Government agencies

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) www.nice.org.uk
Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) www.chi.nhs.uk
Clinical Governance Support Team (NCGST) www.cgsupport.org
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) www.npsa.nhs.uk

International Non-Governmental Organisations

European Societies for Quality in healthcare (ESQH) www.esqh.net
International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQuA) www.isqua.org.au

Other NGOs

Picker Europe (experts on patient information) www.pickereurope.org
Health and Social Care Quality Centre (HSCQC) www.carequality.org
Health Quality Service (formerly Kings Fund Organisational Audit) (HQS) www.hqs.org.uk
Centre for Health Information Quality (part of the charity Help for Health) (ChiQ) www.hfht.org/chiq
RSM Quality Forum www.rsm.ac.uk/quality

This page updated 2003/12/01.