The Functional Gut Clinic has become the first gastrointestinal organisation to be granted UKAS accreditation under the Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) programme.
The award is for the clinic’s range of gastrointestinal (GI) services carried out at its four clinics across London and Kent.
Commenting on the award, Dr Anthony Hobson, consultant clinical scientist and clinical director at the clinic, said: “The IQIPS process gave us the opportunity to open ourselves up to a thorough inspection, receive valuable and constructive input from the IQIPS team on how we could make our service even better and then implement these improvements. We are very proud of becoming the first GI Physiology Service to obtain the UKAS/IQIPS standard and will wear it as a badge of honour.”
Dr Hobson is encouraging peers to also consider IQIPS accreditation as he believes it will ensure that standards of clinical practice are up to date throughout the industry.
