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Preparing for JAG: what you need to know

Paul Bond, Patient Safety and Quality Support Officer for the Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP), offers an insight into JAG accreditation and its contribution to driving improvement in patient safety and quality.

Interventional endoscopy is an extremely productive area for innovation. 50 years ago, the flexible fibreoptic endoscope was invented, allowing the endoscopist to picture the gastrointestinal tract and perform procedures from inside the body. Historically the role of the endoscopic procedure was reserved for when surgery had failed, or the patient was unfit for surgery. This has changed and a growing list of endoscopic procedures are replacing surgical treatment.

With the expanding multidisciplinary nature of endoscopy, there was a need for the service to be assessed. This was to include endoscopy training, endoscopy services and endoscopists. In 1994 the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) was established. JAG covered all the assessment process, improving quality and initiatives to increase standards of patient care. In 2005, JAG launched an accreditation programme supported by the JAG Endoscopy Training System (JETS) in 2009. 

The importance of high-quality patient care is critical now more than ever. Endoscopy units must demonstrate their effectiveness in the delivery of high-quality, safe patient care.

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Central Sterilising Club - Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

Crowne Plaza at Gerrard’s Cross
15th April 2024 – 16th April 2024

DECON UK 2024

National Conference Centre, Birmingham
17th April 2024

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16th May 2024

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University of Exeter
22nd June 2024

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