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Publication #1104
Reference
HDL(2004)04
Name
[Letter advising clinicians planning to undertake new interventional procedures]
Categories
Scottish Government
DL (CEL, HDL, MEL)
Organization
Scottish Executive
Keywords
NHS
SCOTLAND
GUIDELINES
SURGERY
INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
EFFECTIVENESS
SAFETY
Description
Clinicians planning to undertake new interventional procedures (see definition in paragraph 17) should seek approval from their organisation’s Clinical Governance Committee before doing so. The Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee should notify the procedure to the Interventional Procedures Programme (IPP) at the National Institute of Clinical Excellence’s (NICE) unless it is listed there. __________________________________
Contact Name
Hector MacKenzie
Contact Email
Contact Address
Health Planning and Quality Division, GER, St Andrew's House, EDINBURGH, EH1 3DG.
Contact Phone
Created
2004-01-27 00:00:00
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