Safety, Quality and Standards

CREST develops evidence-based good practice guidance in areas where there are concerns about variations in clinical practice and services across Northern Ireland.  It operates by inviting healthcare professionals to suggest specific areas for guidelines development and then commissioning small project groups to address agreed topics.  The members of the project groups provide their input on a voluntary basis.  CREST has also been commissioned by the Department to produce guidelines on high profile issues such as hyponatraemia, use of insulin, and the inter hospital transfer of patients and their records.  CREST will shortly be intergrated with regional health and social care audit bodies in a new group which will lead on regional audit and the development of good practice clinical guidelines in Northern Ireland.

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