An improved model of care for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Recommendations from the 3rd round of the Report of the results for the national clinical audit of adult inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) inpatient care in the UK published earlier this year by UK's Royal College of Physicians and mentioned in the Lancet in March 20121 report improvements in the quality of care (QoC) of patients with IBD since audits began in 2006 but also list improvements yet to be achieved. Importantly, optimising the quality of life (QoL) of sufferers was indicated as deserving greater attention as part of the global approach to improved QoC.