From April 2010, all providers of acute, mental health, learning disability and ambulance services will be required to produce a Quality Account. Further work is underway to develop Quality Accounts for primary care and community services providers with the aim to bring these providers into the requirement by June 2011 subject to a testing and evaluation exercise.

Useful links on the Department of Health website

• https://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Highqualitycareforall/Qualityaccounts/index.htm
• https://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_112359
• https://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsestoconsultations/DH_111895