QISMET is an independent and values driven organisation being set up to ensure that people living with long term conditions have access to high quality self management education and training services delivered by a plurality of accredited organisations working within agreed quality standards. Its development is supported by the Department of Health, EPP CIC and other self management providers in the statutory, voluntary and not-for-profit sectors.
The aims of QISMET are to:
- Develop and manage standards and accreditation processes for a range of self management education and training services
- Support self management education and training providers to build capacity and expertise for continuous improvement
- Provide membership based information and support services
- Promote the involvement of people living with long term conditions, professionals and organisations, in the development and implementation of self management education and training
- Develop a quality mark for self management course providers.