PPC Standards
PPC Standards (2)
The quality of care provided to a child living with a life threatening or life limiting illness and his/her family is important and ensuring that a good standard of care is maintained is essential.
This section contains standards of care documents for Paediatric Palliative Care from South African and other countries across the world.
Guidelines for Policies and Procedures in Paediatric Palliative Care
Some Definitions
Policies are documents which enshrine the ethos and heart of the organisation or department and reflect current thinking. They act as a quality standard.
Procedures are organisational rules and regulations which drive the business. In an ideal environment every operation and action across all departments should have a procedure which reflects the principles and practices and which acts as a quality standard that has been laid down. It is therefore a quality mark and standard, which should be maintained in order to retain its benefit as a benchmark.
A focus on quality is important to patients and families, clinical staff and volunteers, managers, donors and policy makers.
