Table 2

IBD service standards

Standard	Implementation standard
A: High-quality clinical care
A1	The IBD team^*
A2	Essential supporting services^*
A3	Multi-disciplinary working^*
A4	Referral of suspected patients with IBD
A5	Access to nutritional support and therapy^*
A6	Arrangements for use of immunosuppressive and biological therapies
A7	Surgery for IBD^*
A8	Inpatient facilities^*
A9	Access to diagnostic services
A10	Inpatient care^*
A11	Outpatient care^*
A12	Arrangements for the care of children and young people who have IBD
B: Local delivery of care
B1	Arrangements for shared care^*
C: Maintaining a patient-centred service
C1	Information on the IBD service^*
C2	Rapid access to specialist advice^*
C3	Supporting patients to exercise choice between treatments
C4	Supporting patients to exercise choice between care strategies for outpatient management
C5	Involvement of patients in service improvement^*
D: Patient education and support
D1	Provision of information^*
D2	Education for patients
D3	Information about patient organisations
D4	Support for patient organisations
E: Information technology and audit
E1	Register of patients under the care of the IBD service
E2	Developing an IBD database
E3	Participation in audit
F: Evidence-based practice and research
F1	Training and education
F2	Research
F3	Service development

↵* Adopted by Healthcare Commission.
IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.