Healthcare accreditation
Related resources
Publications listed below are grouped according to which healthcare areas they are relevant to:
- All healthcare accreditations
- Medical laboratories – see also laboratory accreditation
- Diagnostic imaging services
- Physiological services
- Medical physics and clinical engineering
All healthcare accreditations
UKAS publications
| TPS 71 | Accreditation of healthcare diagnostic pathways delivered between multiple UKAS customers (Edition 2, December 2023) |
Medical laboratories
– see also laboratory accreditation
Note: The consultation period for LAB 60 UKAS policy on accreditation of medical laboratories performing genomic tests has now closed. The UKAS team appreciates all the comments provided and is now in the process of reviewing them. Due to the volume of comments received and the summer holiday period, we cannot currently give a timescale for publication of the final version of LAB 60, but will provide further updates in due course.
UKAS publications
| LAB 61 | Guidance for medical laboratory services provided as part of a network or multi-site organisation (Edition 1, May 2025) [Replaces MED 1201] |
Relevant European and international publications
| EA-4/17 M: 2022 | Description of scopes of accreditation for medical laboratories |
Diagnostic imaging services
UKAS publications
| IMA 1 | Accreditation to BS 70000:2017 Medical physics, clinical engineering and associated scientific services in healthcare - Requirements for quality, safety and competence for imaging services (Edition 1, July 2024) |
Physiological services
Standard and guidance
| IQIPS Standard 2023 | Standard for Improving Quality in Physiological Services |
| IQI 4000 | IQIPS 2023 Standard Statements Guidance |
Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering (MPACE) – BS 70000
– There are currently no publications specifically relevant to bodies accredited for MPACE.
Useful guidance documents for Healthcare services
For all available EA publications please see the publications pages of its website.
These documents provide guidance to healthcare services, particularly medical laboratories. The content of these documents are not mandatory and are not directly assessed by UKAS but can support healthcare services in their understanding and implementation of accreditation standards requirements.
Accredited and applicant Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) and assessors/auditors must read the UKAS Publications List (M4), which can be accessed via the Publications home page, to check for publications with which they have to comply.
- ISO 20658 Requirements for the collection and transport of samples for medical laboratory examinations
- ISO/TS 20914 Medical laboratories — Practical guidance for the estimation of measurement uncertainty
- ISO 5649 Medical laboratories — Concepts and specifications for the design, development, implementation and use of laboratory-developed tests
- ISO 22367 Medical laboratories – Application of risk management to medical laboratories
- ISO/TS 23824 Medical laboratories — Guidance on application of ISO 15189 in anatomic pathology
- ISO 15190 Medical laboratories — Requirements for safety
- PD ISO/TS 22583 Guidance for supervisors and operators of point-of-care testing (POCT) devices
