BSI | Launch of PAS 150 the new standards for rehabilitation services

"PAS 150 Providing Rehabilitation Services. Code of Practice" PAS 150 (Publicly Available Specification) is a code of practice for the delivery of rehabilitation services for all disabilities and health conditions, with both short- and long-term needs. It covers providers in health, social care and employment and focuses on the interdependence between work, health and wellbeing.

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SBW Shirley Bailey Wood, BSI
DP Dr Diane Playford
NK Dr Nick Kendall
BC Beth Carruthers, Remploy

BSI recently launched the new standard PAS 150 for rehabilitation services. It was developed together with the UK Rehabilitation Council and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

SBW We are now talking about something that we believe is going to make a long term difference, a significant difference, to the quality of life and for those who are using rehabilitation services. So, this is a landmark standard for us, it's focussed on the interdependence between work, health and wellbeing and it touches all of those, many of us in multiple capacities, who might be providing, using or setting policies, perhaps, for those services.

DP I'm here, really, talking on behalf of the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, and I'd like to say how very much the British Society of Rehabilitation and Medicine welcomes this standard and feels that it's going to make a significant contribution to delivering the quality of care that we want for patients who have multiple and complex disabilities, as well as for those who have much less severe disability, but which nonetheless impacts on their everyday lives.

NK I'm a strong believer in standards, because I think they provide good information about what the expected inputs need to be, what the processes are; what the expected outcomes should be. And good standards are always focussed on the customer, they're problem focussed and oriented towards outcomes, and wherever we can get those three things together, we know that we've got the best chance of providing the very best services in that regard. They should contribute to quality, efficiency, value outcomes, these are all nice words - they're very hard things for us to prove.

BC We want to be able to say to people that we meet standards, and if those standards don't exist we feel undervalued. We know we work hard, we know we have lots of knowledge and experience, but give us something that helps us evidence that. So again, these standards are really invaluable for us in ensuring that our workforce feels valued and recognised, but also sets for us a framework which help us to develop those people so they can continue to improve the work that they do, the services that they offer, and the value within the overall organisation.

As a service provider, you will be able to improve your services for customers who are in need of rehabilitation. Please visit our website for more information about PAS 150.

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