This section includes the following subsections:
The Information Standard has been launched to provide an easy way for the public to identify quality information they can trust. The scheme is open to any organisation producing health and/or social care information for the public. To qualify, organisations must demonstrate they have the necessary systems to ensure that their information is accurate, impartial, balanced, appropriately researched and accessible.
(Department of Health, Gateway reference number: 12897, November 2009)