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Flowchart:
Developing a national charter

 

 

 

Plan the development of your charter
Get support from Ministers and senior managers, decide who will produce your charter and the resources needed.

 

 

 

 

Build a partnership with users and staff
Produce a plan for taking forward the work. Tell users, staff and other providers that you intend to develop a charter and how they will be involved.

 

 

 

 

Collect relevant information
Establish what aspects of your service matter most to users using
available information and by asking users.

 

 

 

 

Circulate draft charter
Produce a draft charter to show users, potential users, staff and other organisations, and decide how to incorporate their views.

 

 

Revise draft charter
Incorporate comments, and tell users and staff about the changes you made as a result.

 

 

 

 

Further consultation
if necessary

 

 

 

 

 

Launch and publicise your charter
Finalise the text. Clear internally and with other departments and organisations as necessary. Ensure your staff are ready for the launch.

 

 

 

 

Distribute your charter
Get your charter to as many users and potential users as you can, and make sure everyone in your organisation has access to a copy.

 

 

 

 

Regularly monitor your charter
Monitor performance against standards, and regularly publish performance information. Check to ensure the information in your charter is up to date.

 

 

Review your charter
Review your charter involving users and other stakeholders.

 

 

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