Consultation feedback

Consultation on the HCAI quality improvement guide took place from 4 July 2011 to 9 August 2011. Stakeholders were emailed inviting individuals and organisations to comment. Additionally, a leaflet was distributed at the NHS Confederation Conference in July by staff on the NICE stand signposting the consultation. NICE also commissioned research company GHK Consulting to independently undertake field testing of the draft advice with professionals. All eligible comments and the field testing report were reviewed by the Topic Expert Group and the standard was updated accordingly.