What is The Information Standard?
There’s a lot of health and social care information out there, but how can you tell which information can be trusted? The Information Standard helps the public and patients quickly identify reliable sources of quality, evidence-based information through the use of an easily recognised quality mark.
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The Information Standard is a scheme for health and social care information, covering the whole range of conditions, services, treatments and information and includes both offline (leaflets and booklets) and online (websites and mobile) channels.
To achieve the standard, an organisation has to demonstrate that the consumer/patient information that it produces is;
- Clear
- Accurate
- Impartial
- Balanced
- Evidence-Based
- Accessible
- Up to date
Organisations that adopt the Information Standard are demonstrating their commitment to trustworthy health and social care information and providing an assurance that their internal processes are ‘fit for purpose’.
Last updated: 28/02/2012
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Testimonial
It has been a really interesting process for us as an organisation and for me personally - we feel it has had a positive effect on us as a team. It's also good to be part of a scheme that will help people identify high quality information. Anna Lebowitz, MacMillan Cancer Support.