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A Guide to the National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare - hiqa.ie

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<strong>National</strong> <strong>Standards</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Safer</strong> <strong>Better</strong> <strong>Healthcare</strong> - Health In<strong>for</strong>mation and Quality AuthorityThe <strong>Standards</strong> <strong>for</strong> Use of Resources7.1 Service providers plan and manage <strong>the</strong> use of resources<strong>to</strong> deliver high quality, safe and reliable healthcareeffic<strong>ie</strong>ntly and sustainably.7.2 Service providers have arrangements in place <strong>to</strong>ach<strong>ie</strong>ve best possible quality and safety outcomes <strong>for</strong>service users <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> money and resources used.Examples of what this means <strong>for</strong> you:nnnnyou can be confident that <strong>the</strong> healthcare service ismaking <strong>the</strong> best use of its available resources, including<strong>the</strong> people who work in <strong>the</strong> service, when caring <strong>for</strong> you<strong>the</strong> decisions on how services use <strong>the</strong>ir money arein<strong>for</strong>med by <strong>the</strong>ir service users’ v<strong>ie</strong>wsyour healthcare service regularly checks that it is using<strong>the</strong> resources it has available <strong>to</strong> get <strong>the</strong> best possibleresults <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir service users<strong>the</strong> service gets best value <strong>for</strong> money when buyingnew goods or services.727

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