Over the years, Accreditation Bodies with various schemes have contributed to establishing and maintaining quality standards in products and service provision in many industries. The new developments and evolving nature of the regulatory requirements in healthcare and medical technology industries are such that companies requiring the services of another have to establish their competence and efficiency that assure any project task will be accomplished successfully, on time and within budget.
The "Consult" accreditation scheme provides a number of benefits for the consultant, client and the industry as a whole. It is a simple process that goes beyond the Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9001:2008. Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9001 is no guarantee of technical competence and other elements that may affect the quality of service provision in consultancy, hence the Consult scheme. It incorporates Technical Competence, Risk Management, Project Management, Post-implementation Sign-off and Post-consulting services surveillance as well as Independence, Impartiality and Integrity. The accreditation process determines the technical competence, service provision efficiency and integrity of the consultant or organisation providing the consultancy service.
The "Consult" is the only accreditation scheme designed specifically for Sole/Freelance Consultant, Associates and all consulting firms of any size.
The "Consult" Quality Scheme
