Purpose
To ensure that patients who present for colonoscopy have a clear bowel that enables a thorough examination.
Purpose
To ensure that each patient is provided with adequate information and time to consider the risks and benefits of colonoscopy before providing informed consent and before starting bowel preparation or any other aspect of the procedure.
Purpose
To ensure colonoscopy is offered to patients who are most likely to benefit from the procedure and within a timeframe concordant with their risk, in a manner consistent with current national evidence-based guidelines.
Purpose
To ensure that communication of information from referring clinicians to colonoscopy clinics and specialists enables the timely and accurate assessment of patients according to clinical urgency and appropriateness.
2019
Template, survey or form
This resource provides guidance on the information a specialist should provide in the follow-up letter to a GP (and patient) when reporting a patient's colonoscopy results.
2019
Template, survey or form
A colonoscopy report template suitable for use when reporting the results of a patient's colonoscopy to patients, referring GPs and other clinicians.
2020
Template, survey or form
A referral template for clinicians when referring patients for consideration for a colonoscopy. The template outlines relevant required information to support decision-making as described in Quality Statement 1 of the Colonoscopy Clinical Care Standard.
What is a colonoscopy?
2019
Newsletter
This week’s issue includes items on well-being (for clinicians and patients), ambulatory care, complaints, teamwork, artificial intelligence (AI) and more.
Also covered are new issues of the BMJ Quality & Safety, Healthcare Policy and the Journal of Patient Safety & Risk Management, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
