The Royal College of Chiropractors’ Quality Standards are tools designed to help deliver the best possible outcomes for patients. They are a series of specific, concise quality statements with associated measures that provide aspirational, but achievable, markers of high-quality patient care covering the treatment of different conditions. They also form an important part in the process of improving quality and patient outcomes.
Launched at the 2026 Summer Conference is the RCC Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) Quality Standard. It covers the recognition, assessment and referral of patients suspected of having axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA). It also addresses the chiropractic management of patients diagnosed with AxSpA who are under the care of specialist clinicians. It aims to promote timely identification, appropriate referral and effective supportive co-management with the goal of improving patient outcomes. Chiropractors do not diagnose AxSpA but recognise suggestive features and facilitate referral for specialist rheumatological assessment and diagnosis.
Access the new AxSpA Quality Standard.