Essence of care is a National Project to drive up the quality of care and ensure that the fundamentals of care are at the centre of the patient experience.
Launched by the Department of Health, the toolkit enables clinical staff to assess their practice and arrange areas of patient care.
The Department of Health website has a publication called:
“The Essence of Care; Patient Focused Benchmarking for Healthcare Practitioners”
which provides further information.
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