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The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow enjoys a unique and privileged position among its sister colleges in the UK in that both physicians and surgeons (including dentists) make up its Membership and Fellowship.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Since its foundation in 1505, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has continuously promoted, through education, training and examination, the raising of standards in surgical practice

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has a proud history spanning more than 300 years. The College is well placed to facilitate a co-ordinated approach to research issues and to help promote high standards of practice based on the latest scientific evidence.

The Royal College of Anaesthetists
The Royal College of Anaesthetists is the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom. Its activities are varied but include the setting of standards for practice in anaesthesia, establishing the standards for the training of postgraduate practitioners in the specialty, setting and running examinations, and the continued medical education of all practising anaesthetists.

NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
As of 1st January 2003, the Clinical Resource and Audit Group (CRAG), joined with the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS), the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS), the Scottish Health Advisory Service (SHAS) and the Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Unit (NMPDU) to form NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.

Information Services Division
Scotland has some of the best health service data in the world. Few other countries have information which combines high quality data, consistency, national coverage and the ability to link data to allow patient based analysis and follow up.

Royal College of General Practitioners
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the academic organisation in the UK for general practitioners. Its aim is to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice

Royal College of Nursing Scotland
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is the world's largest professional union of nurses. It has more than 310,000 members - most of whom work in the NHS although around a quarter are employed in the independent sector

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists principal objects stated in the Charter are 'the encouragement of the study and the advancement of the science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology'

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
In August 1996, Her Majesty the Queen granted a charter to establish the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. It supports all British paediatricians, both fully accredited specialists and those in training.

Royal College of Pathologists
The Royal College of Pathologists' mission is to promote excellence in the practice of pathology and to be responsible for maintaining standards through training, examinations and professional development.

Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

Royal College of Radiologists
The Royal College of Radiologists benefits patients, by encouraging the highest standards in the medical specialties of Clinical Radiology (diagnostic imaging) and Clinical Oncology (cancer treatment).

Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for

Other Audits

CEPOD
The National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths (NCEPOD) is a registered charity whose aim is to review clinical practice and identify potentially remediable factors in the practice of anaesthesia, surgery and other invasive medical procedures.

The Scottish Hip Fracture Audit
The Scottish Hip Fracture Auditt has provided the individual orthopaedic departments with a succinct and clear overall description of the complex process of hip fracture care and a means of comparison of the varying multidisciplinary care at different centres.

The Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group
The Scottish Intensive Care Society Audit Group (SICSAG) was set up 5 years ago to assess the efficacy of intensive care in Scotland

The Scottish Renal Registry
The SRR is a national registry of patients with renal failure and other renal disorders.

Clinical Governance and Effectiveness Sites

eSCRIPS : Electronic Scottish Consultant Review of Inpatient Statistics
eSCRIPS is a web based system, developed by ISD Scotland, which provides a personal report to clinicans of their inpatient and daycase workload. Access to eSCRIPS is available to all NHSScotland Consultants who have cases recorded on the SMR01 file

The Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit
The Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit (CGRDU) came into existence on April 1st 1999. CGRDU succeeds and builds on the achievements of the highly successful Eli Lilly National Clinical Audit Centre. Since 1992, the Lilly Audit Centre was a national resource in the field of clinical audit,

Clinical Indicators Support Team
Supported by NHSQIS at ISD CIST was set up in May to help ensure that the information contained in clinical indicators can be used to best advantage by the Health Service in Scotland

National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE)
NICE - The National Institute for Clinical Excellence - is part of the National Health Service (NHS), and its role is to provide patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current "best practice".

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops and publishes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for use by the health service in Scotland.

SPICE
Providing high quality medical care is the aspiration of the Profession in Scotland. The issue of what is quality and how it can be measured is more complex. The boundaries between terms and conditions, organisation and performance, and quality are becoming less distinct.