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National Endoscopy Team/The JAG Update

From October 2009 the Joint Advisory Group for GI Endoscopy (JAG) will be responsible for future census returns: for further information  Click Here.  

Latest GRS Census Results 2009

We have just completed the 9th GRS census with excellent returns and further improvement in scores Click Here to view the April results.

Meeting the Challenges 2009 -Working towards excellence

This document is intended to support the BSG conference and exhibition in Scotland on 23rd March, 2009. It aims to provide an overview of: progress with the 18 weeks referral-to treatment target the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme the JAG  to read more: Click Here

 

Organisation of an Endoscopy Service and How to Improve Global Rating Scales Scores. Delivering a safe, effective and patient friendly endoscopy service is difficult.  Endoscopy is a high volume, potentially dangerous procedure that can be frightening and undignified for the patient. to read more: Click Here

To view the latest Endoscopy newsletter Click Here (January 09)

We have been asked by the Healthcare Commission (HCC) to provide limited data from GRS submissions click here to download further information

Presentations from the 'How to pass your JAG visit' event Click Here & Click Here

Problems logging in? contact enquiries@endoscopy.nhs.uk

For access to the KMS contact your unit manager for generic log in details or enquiries@endoscopy.nhs.uk

Independent Sector Provider queries contact ISEnquiry@endoscopy.nhs.uk  

Gastrointestinal Nurse training project queries contact gin.support@endoscopy.nhs.uk

GP Endoscopists survey (England only) click here

Download Endoscopy Training Tool database, download Training Tools Userguide

This key paper will inform guidelines for endoscopic investigation of distal colonic symptoms Click Here

 

A guide to auditing quality and safety items on revised GRS August 2008 Click Here

 

National guidance on 18weeks rules/planned endoscopic activity Click Here

 

Decontamination for flexible endoscopes 2008 WORD VERSION Click Here

 

Do you want to become a centre for a Barrett's surveillance randomised controlled trial?  Click Here for details

 

“How to pass your JAG visit” study day Click Here

 

GRS; Where are we now? Click here to download presentation

Latest Meeting the Challenges document released March 2008, Click Here to download or  Click Here  to order a copy.

Revised Decontamination document released March 2008, Click here to download or  Click Here  to order a copy.

*A new suite of documents to support the GRS Training domain is now available for download. Click here for more information

Click here to download revised quality and safety indicators (June 2007)

Click
here to download a Guidance on supporting colonoscopists that do not achieve national standards (June 2007)


*New* Productivity tool now available on GRS. Log in to access (May 2007)

Click here to download BCSP Advice for the NHS (Jan 2007)

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  Introduction

Welcome!

Introducing the Global Rating Scale (GRS)
The GRS was originally created in 2004 as a quality improvement and assessment tool for the gastrointestinal endoscopy service.
The GRS is a tool that enables endoscopy units to assess how well they provide a patient-centred service .In addition it has workforce and training domains, It is a web-based assessment tool that makes a series of statements requiring a yes or no answer.


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1. Assessment in endoscopy (524)
2. Endoscopy Training Tools (453)
3. BSG Quality and Safety Indicators for Endoscopy (382)
4. Decontamination Standards for Flexible Endoscopes Revised 2008 (252)
5. Endoscopy Training Tools User Guide (246)
6. Endoscopy Utilisation Audit. (162)
7. Annual Timetable of Endoscopy Quality / GRS activity (149)
8. Explaining the pre JAG process (145)
9. Quality Assurance of Endoscopy in the Community Hospital setting (112)
10. Gastroscopy and Injection Banding of Ulcer (94)
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The two national census dates are in April and October of every year. You have the option to populate GRS on a monthly basis and there are 6 working days left for the November submission.