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Executive overview

ASQAT in three minutes

A briefing for decision makers: the mandate, the problem, the structure proposed, how it would be implemented, and what would have to be true for it to work.

The mandate

Why this taskforce exists

To develop a National Healthcare Transformation Framework that redefines safety, quality, accountability, workforce sustainability, and public trust in Nigerian healthcare through measurable, enforceable, and globally aligned standards.

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Pillars
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Domains
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Implementation phases
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Proposed accreditation levels

The case

Healthcare outcomes are shaped by more than clinical expertise.

  • 01Patient safety and quality variation
  • 02Emergency and referral failures
  • 03Governance and accountability gaps
  • 04Infrastructure and operational reliability
  • 05Workforce pressure and migration
  • 06Public trust and transparency

The structure

Three pillars

Pillar 01

Clinical Excellence, Patient Safety & Quality of Care

Every Nigerian patient receives safe, standardized, compassionate, and accountable healthcare.

Pillar 02

Health Systems, Governance & Infrastructure Transformation

Hospitals become resilient, transparent, efficient, technology-enabled institutions.

Pillar 03

Workforce, Culture & National Healthcare Transformation

Healthcare workers are respected, motivated, supported, and globally competitive.

Implementation path

How the framework reaches institutions

  1. Framework
  2. Pilot
  3. Implement
  4. Assess
  5. Scale
Know
Institutions can see the standard they are expected to meet.
Implement
Tools and pathways translate the standard into daily practice.
Measure
Agreed indicators show whether practice is changing.
Prove
Documented evidence supports institutional claims.
Improve
Findings feed back into standards, training and priorities.

Accreditation and measurement

How recognition and progress would work

Accreditation concept

  1. 1Foundational Compliance
  2. 2Quality Advancement
  3. 3Accreditation Ready
  4. 4Center of Excellence
Review the Accreditation Model

Measurement

Progress is judged on indicators applied identically across institutions, not on self description. No institutional results are published yet.

See how progress is measured

Current priorities

What is being asked for now

  1. 01Approve the three-pillar structure as the backbone of the ASQAT framework.
  2. 02Assign subcommittees to each pillar.
  3. 03Develop detailed standards for each domain.
  4. 04Define pilot hospital criteria.

Implementation evidence and institutional case studies will be published as they are formally documented and approved.

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