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British Society of Echocardiography Departmental Accreditation Standards 2019 with input from the Intensive Care Society

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This article sets out a summary of standards for departmental accreditation set by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Departmental Accreditation Committee. Full accreditation standards are available at www.bsecho.org. The BSE were the first national organisation to establish a quality standards framework for departments that support the practice of individual echocardiographers. This is an updated version which recognises that, not only should all echocardiographers be individually accredited as competent to practice, but that departments also need to be well organised and have the facilities, equipment and processes to ensure the services they deliver are of an appropriate clinical standard. In combination with individual accreditation, departmental accreditation lays down standards to help ensure safe and effective patient care. These standards supersede the 2012 BSE Departmental Accreditation Standards. Standards are set to cover all potential areas of practice, including transthoracic (level 2) echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, training, and emergency (level 1) echocardiography. The emergency echocardiography standard is a new addition to departmental accreditation and has been developed with input from the Intensive Care Society.

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  1. Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cardio-Respiratory, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster, UK

    Sarah Ritzmann

  2. Grantham and District Hospital, Cardiology, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK

    Stephanie Baker

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley, Surrey, UK

    Marcus Peck

  4. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Cardiology, Shrewsbury, UK

    Tom E. Ingram

  5. York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, CardioRespiratory, York, UK

    Jane Allen & Laura Duffy

  6. University Hospital Birmingham and University of Birmingham, Cardiology, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

    Richard P. Steeds

  7. United Lincolnshire NHS Trust, Cardiology, Grantham, UK

    Andrew Houghton

  8. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Cardiology, Reading, UK

    Andrew Elkington

  9. Imperial College Healthcare NHS, Echocardiography Department, St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London, UK

    Nina Bual

  10. Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Cardiology, Dudley, West Midlands, UK

    Robert Huggett

  11. University Hospital South Manchester, Cardiology, Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK

    Keith Pearce

  12. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Cardiology, Birmingham, UK

    Stavros Apostolakis

  13. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cardiology, Liverpool, UK

    Khalatabari Afshin

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Ritzmann, S., Baker, S., Peck, M. et al. British Society of Echocardiography Departmental Accreditation Standards 2019 with input from the Intensive Care Society. Echo Res Pract 7, G43–G49 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-19-0045

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