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Clinical Quality and Patient Safety

The delivery of high quality care is a prime objective of South Western Ambulance Service. Combined with rigorous risk management and patient safety processes, this is achieved by adopting best practice based on reliable evidence where it exists.

Click the links below to find out more about:

• AMBALERT
• Annual Clinical Research and Audit Plan
• Clinical Audit Reports
• Clinical Education and Training
• Emergency Care Practitioners
• In Case of Emergency (ICE)
• Information for GPs and Clinicians
• Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee Clinical Guidelines
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
• National Service Frameworks
• New and Ongoing Clinical Initiatives
• OSC Presentation
• Patient Advice Leaflets
• Risk Management Standard for Pre Hospital Care in the Ambulance Service
• Standards for Better Health

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