Hear hear for audiology services

Community audiologists from Rochdale have received a national thumbs up for a second year. The service has passed year two of an accreditation programme, delivered by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). Last year it was one of the first in the country to achieve this.

The service, which is also delivered in Bury and Oldham, has been rated as ‘good’ against the Royal College of Physicians' IQIPS (Improving Quality in Physiological Services) standards. To achieve this, the teams had to submit evidence that they were still working to the high standards achieved last year.

The review highlighted that the teams were continuing to provide efficient, effective and safe services to patients and referrers and that a considerable amount of service development had been undertaken since the initial assessment was conducted last year.

The service was also commended for embedding the recommended findings raised by the assessment team, which have further enhanced the service for local people.