PRSAS glossary
Definitions for commonly used terms in PRSAS accreditation standards and evidence requirement.
Service standard operating policy (service SOP)
- A pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) service's service descriptor
- The document should have a comprehensive contents list and include an appendix to organisation wide policies
- It should outline the entire service, ranging from ethos, culture and team approach, to risk, governance and assessment processes, and many more
- Sometimes referred to as a super SOP or mothership document.
Operational plan
- A PR service's plan for delivering PR in the coming 12 months.
- A product of the annual review, driven by NRAP data and other external factors, specifying how a PR service will perform against targets and KPIs.
Organisational plan
- An organisation's organogram
- A document that shows clearly where a PR team sits within an organisation, including adjacencies, and with clear lines of responsibilities feeding up to the chief executive officer
- It should include names of senior PR team members, their profession, grade and whole time equivalent.
Standalone SOP
- A document outlining operational procedures specific to a PR service, eg walking test procedure or 1RPM testing procedure.
Organisation policy
- A document outlining a policy that applies to the whole organisation
- Typically document review of such policies would be outside of a PR service's control, eg documentation policy or staff sickness policy.