United Kingdom Accreditation For

United Kingdom Accreditation Forum

Sharing Good Practice!

Accreditation for Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS)

Accreditation of Library and Information Services in the Health Sector

Autism Accreditation

Better Services for People who Self-harm

Child Health Informatics Centre (CHIC)

Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd

Community of Communities

Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS)

Health Promoting Hospitals and Trusts

The Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health–UK (POMH-UK)

Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services

Quality Improvement Network for Multi-agency Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Quality Network for In-Patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (QNIC)

RDB Star Rating Ltd (Residential and Domiciliary Care Benchmarking)

Trent Accreditation Scheme

Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS)

Corporate origins, affiliations, memberships	Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Research and Training Unit Royal College of Nursing Royal College of Anaesthetists
Objectives	To develop a UK wide accreditation network to: Identify best practice and minimum standards in the administration of ECT. Accredit clinics which meet standards as judged through a self-review process culminating in a peer-review visit. Co-ordinate information sharing between clinics and practitioners.
Scope and focus of programme	Electroconvulsive therapy clinics in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Products and services	A database of standards in the administration of ECT The ECTAS peer-review process An email discussion group An annual members’ forum
Standards	ECTAS Standards are available on the website
Web-site	http://www.ectas.org.uk
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