The Medical Royal Colleges are committed to enabling healthcare providers to deliver the highest standards of patient care. The delivery of good care is not always straightforward – there are daily challenges for healthcare professionals, the teams they work in and the strategic design of networks.
A Royal College invited review can provide a provider, commissioner or service planner with expert independent and cost effective advice in a confidential report.
Invited reviews offer a reliable, trustworthy peer review processes based on standards and focusing on patient safety. They support, but do not replace, existing procedures for managing performance.
The nature of the services offered vary depending on the Royal College or professional body. Summarising, Service Reviews can include advice and assurance on matters of service safety and quality, achieving service improvement and best practice in service design or multi-site reconfiguration. Areas that an invited service review might focus on include:
Individual Reviews explore concerns about any aspect of an individual’s practice and provide advice on how any problems identified can be addressed. We work closely with NHS Resolution’s Practitioner Performance Advice Service. The scope of individual reviews can include:
Clinical Record Reviews provide an independent, expert opinion on the management of one or more episodes of patient care and whether this meets expected standards. These could include:
Each invited review is tailored to the specific requirements of the circumstances involved, for example a clinical record review element can be included as part an individual or service review. Terms of reference for a review will be agreed between the referring organisations and the College involved, to ensure that the scope of what is to be covered is clear and commonly understood.
For more information on services provided please contact the relevant College using the details below.
Covers: Structural Reviews, service reviews, other types of reviews will be provided bespoke at the discretion of the Invited Review oversight group.
Contact: Emily Basra Tel: 020 7092 1576 email: invitedreviews@rcoa.ac.uk Web: www.rcoa.ac.uk/invitedreviews
Covers: Service reviews
Contact: Sam McIntyre Tel: 020 7067 1269 email: Sam.McIntyre@rcem.ac.uk Web: www.rcem.ac.uk/RCEM/Quality-Policy/Professional_Affairs/Service_Design_Delivery
Covers: No service at present
Contact: Mat Lawson Tel: 020 3188 7608 email: Mat.Lawson@rcgp.org.uk Web: www.rcgp.org.uk
Covers: Service reviews, case note reviews
Contact: Farrah Pradhan Tel: 020 7772 6240 email: invitedreviews@rcog.org.uk Web: www.rcog.org.uk/en/about-us/invited-review-policy
Covers: Service reviews, case note reviews, individual reviews
Contact: Jonathan Baker Tel: 020 3770 5331 email: jonathan.baker@rcophth.ac.uk Web: www.rcophth.ac.uk/invited-service-reviews
Covers: Individual, service design and case note reviews Contact: Sue Eardley Tel: 020 70926091 email: Invited.reviews@rcpch.ac.uk Web: www.rcpch.ac.uk/invitedreviews
Covers: Individual and service reviews Contact: Shane Johns Tel: 020 7451 6732 email: professionalism@rcpath.org Web: www.rcpath.org/profession/protecting-patient-safety/ourinvited-reviews-service.html
Covers: Individual, service and case note reviews Contact: Gen Grainger Tel: 0203 3701 2583 email: irs@rcpsych.ac.uk Web: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care/invited-review-service
Covers: Individual, service and case note reviews Contact: Jazz Sidhu Tel: 020 3075 2383 email: ISR@rcplondon.ac.uk Web: www.rcplondon.ac.uk/invited-service-reviews
Covers: Service design and case note reviews Contact: Sushee Dunn Tel: 0131 247 3615 email: s.dunn@rcpe.ac.uk Web: www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/promoting-highest-clinicalstandards
Covers: Service reviews Contact: Sandra Holmes Tel: 020 7406 5921 email: Sandra_holmes@rcr.ac.uk Web: www.rcr.ac.uk/clinical-radiology/service-delivery/servicereview
Covers: Individual and Service Reviews Contact: Chris Sanderson / Jo Woodward Tel: 0131 527 1653 email: standards@rcsed.ac.uk Web: www.rcsed.ac.uk/professional-support-developmentresources/career-support/invited-reviews
Covers: Individual, service, design and case note reviews Contact: Alexandra Burton Tel: 020 7869 6238 email: irm@rcseng.ac.uk Web: www.rcseng.ac.uk/irm