Standards for Better Health

{{Short description|Set of standards published by the United Kingdom Department of Health}}

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Standards for Better Health were a set of standards for the National Health Service in England. The standards were set out by the Department of Health of the United Kingdom in a document of the same name published in 2004.{{cite web | publisher=Department of Health | title=Standards for Better Health | accessdate=15 January 2013 | url=http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/publicationsandstatistics/publications/publicationspolicyandguidance/dh_4086665 | format=pdf | date=21 July 2004}} NHS trusts had to declare their level of compliance with these standards to the Healthcare Commission annually as part of the Commission's "annual health check".{{cite web | url=http://healthcarecommission.org.uk/guidanceforhealthcarestaff/nhsstaff/annualhealthcheck.cfm | archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090321144720/http://healthcarecommission.org.uk/guidanceforhealthcarestaff/nhsstaff/annualhealthcheck.cfm | archivedate=21 March 2009 | title=The annual health check | publisher=Healthcare Commission | accessdate=15 January 2013}} The standards were replaced from 2009/10 by registration criteria{{cite web | url=http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Closedconsultations/DH_083625 | archiveurl= http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100407232407/http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Closedconsultations/DH_083625 | archivedate=7 April 2010 | publisher=Department of Health | title=The future regulation of health and adult social care in England: A consultation on the framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers | date=25 March 2008 | accessdate=15 January 2013 | format=pdf}} established by the Department of Health and Care Quality Commission, which took over from the Healthcare Commission on 1 April 2009.