Download or read book 2013 Accountability Hearing with the Care Quality Commission written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Care Quality Commission response to HC 761, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780215066275)

Download or read book 2013 accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CQC has been a case study in how not to run a regulator, but essential reforms implemented by the new management are turning the CQC around. Inspections were previously superficial and produced reports which bore little relation to reality, but the CQC now has a coherent plan to make sure providers are properly examined. Giving inspection teams the time and tools to understand what is really happening in hospitals, GP surgeries and care homes is fundamental. Differentiated regulation is the right approach and will allow the CQC to target providers where failures would pose the greatest threat to patient care, without placing an excessive burden on routine services. However there are some providers where services are inherently high risk and where regular inspection is a vital component in maintaining the highest possible standard of care. Achieving an 'outstanding' rating should never mean that high risk services are allowed to operate without oversight. The CQC is also introducing a new surveillance system which includes a large range of indicators related to quality of care. When they suggest a provider is outside the expected range of performance then further examination and inspection will be triggered. If, however, surveillance is perceived as slow, or reactive, it will not enjoy public confidence and credibility. The Committee also expressed concern regarding the CQC's new responsibility to oversee the financial performance of adult social care providers. The Government should reconsider the proposal that the CQC should widen its remit in this way

Download or read book 2012 Accountability Hearing with the Care Quality Commission written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The failures of Care Quality Commission (CQC) prompted the Department of Health to undertake a performance and capability review which produced a wide range of recommendations. The decision by CQC board member Kay Sheldon to give evidence as a whistleblower added to the controversy. She identified serious failings within the management, organisation, functions and culture of the CQC and it is unacceptable that the CQC failed to address and act on them before she felt compelled to approach the public inquiry. It is clear from the evidence presented by the CQC's outgoing Chair, Jo Williams, and recently appointed Chief Executive, David Behan, that the regulator is aware of the reforms that must be implemented. The CQC's primary focus should be on ensuring that the essential standards it enforces can be interpreted by the public as a guarantee of acceptable standards in care. The CQC's essential standards in their current form do not succeed in this objective. Equally, the CQC must be far more diligent in communicating the outcomes of inspections, especially to residents in social care and their immediate family. In the long-term, the CQC has a role to play in facilitating a culture of challenge and response across health and social care so that identifying and addressing failings becomes a standard process for staff and management. Providers must support staff in raising concerns in order for those staff to meet their own professional duties. Those organisations who fail in this obligation should be refused registration by the CQC.

Download or read book 2013 Accountability Hearing with the General Medical Council HC 897 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GMC's fitness to practise successfully produces outcomes that protect patients from sub-standard doctors but failures to communicate the reasons for decisions and poor investigative practices have undermined a small number on investigations. The GMC should review its fitness to practice procedures to prevent such mistake. The Committee also found that while it is still too early to judge whether revalidation has been effective there is a worrying approach to the oversight of revalidation. Each designated body has a responsible officer for revalidating their medical staff, but the degree to which the responsible officer will be held to account is unclear. It is imperative that the GMC clarifies the personal responsibility and accountability of responsible officers. There is also concern over the number of responsible officers available to oversee the revalidation of doctors working in primary care. GPs are revalidated not by their own employers but by one of the 27 NHS England local area teams that oversees Clinical Commissioning Groups in England. Just 27 responsible officers will be tasked with overseeing revalidation for approximately 45,0000 GPs in England. The Government's intention had been to give the GMC the power to allow it to appeal decisions made by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in 2014 by using a mechanism in secondary legislation called a section 60 order. The Government now plans to introduce the reform in primary legislation as part of a proposed Law Commission Bill thus meeting with even further delay

Download or read book 2012 Accountability Hearing with the Care Quality Commission written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Response to HCP 593 session 2012-13 (ISBN 9780215052261)

Download or read book House of Commons Health Committee 2013 Accountability Hearing with Monitor HC 841 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year's inquiry into the work of Monitor concludes that the model of care provided by the health and care system is not changing quickly enough with the result that pressures continue to build, threatening the financial stability of individual providers, and therefore the quality of care provided The pressures are likely to be particularly marked in the acute sector as plans are prepared and implemented to achieve the resource transfer required by the introduction of the Better Care Fund from April 2015. Continuing this theme, the Committee argues that as the NHS financial situation tightens, the challenge for Monitor in supporting trusts in financial difficulty is likely to increase. The MPs emphasise the importance of addressing pressures within individual providers in the context of the local health economy. The requirement for major change in the care model can only be delivered if individual providers, and Monitor as their regulator, look beyond preserving existing structures and address the need to develop different structures to meet changing needs. The Committee also expresses concern that Monitor has not done enough to reform the system of tariff payments for providers, arguing that the current tariff arrangements often create perverse incentives for providers and inhibit necessary service change. It recommends that Monitor and NHS England should initiate a formal joint process for a prioritised review of the NHS tariff arrangements with the objective of identifying and eliminating perverse incentives and introducing new tariff structures which incentivise necessary service change

Download or read book House of Commons Health Committee 2013 Accountability Hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council HC 699 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report the Health Committee welcomes improvements in the performance of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) over the last year, but expresses continuing concern that the progress made so far remains fragile. The Committee emphasises that it is important to ensure that the new challenges facing the NMC do not become a distraction from the continuing requirement to improve its performance of its core functions. The report is the first example of a Health Committee review of a professional regulator which builds on the work of the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). The length of time the NMC takes to conclude its fitness to practise cases has been an enduring concern for the Committee. From 2015, the NMC proposes to toughen the target period for resolving fitness to practise cases to 15 months (eventually to 12 months). The NMC has announced plans to introduce a system of revalidation by the end of 2015 which is welcomed. The Francis Report into the failings at Mid Staffs examined the role of regulators, including the NMC, in detail. The report stresses the importance of ensuring firstly that registrants understand their professional obligation to raise concerns when they see evidence of poor patient care, and secondly that patients and public are made more aware of the role of the NMC as the regulator of professional and clinical standards. The NMC should take urgent steps to raise the profile of the NMC both among its registrants and among patients and public.

Download or read book Annual accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following its annual review of the work of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Health Committee reports that the bias of the work in the CQC away from its core function of inspection and towards the essentially administrative task of registration, represents a significant distortion of priorities. The Committee reports that: the CQC was established without sufficiently clear and realistic definition of its priorities and objectives; the timescales and resource implications of the functions of the CQC were not properly analysed; the registration process itself was not properly tested and proven before it was rolled out; the CQC failed to draw the implications of these failures adequately to the attention of ministers, Parliament and the public. Consequently, the Committee welcomes the government's decision to postpone registration of GP practices, and recommends that proper planning, including piloting of the model for registration, should be undertaken before the revised date of April 2013 is confirmed. The Committee also welcomes recent announcements that the CQC intends to undertake annual visits of all NHS and social care providers. It goes on to stress the importance of the role of inspectors in assessing the culture in care providers, especially concerning the obligation which rests on all healthcare professionals to raise concerns if they recognise, or ought to have recognised, evidence of failure of professional standards. Each provider organisation should recognise and respect this professional obligation and provide proper security to those professional staff who discharge it effectively.

Download or read book Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice written by Patricia Lindsay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the Social Sciences for Midwifery Practice makes clear the links between social, anthropological and psychological concepts, midwifery practice and women’s experience of birth. Demonstrating how empathising with women and understanding the context in which they live can affect childbirth outcomes and experiences, this evidence-based text emphasises the importance of compassionate and humane care in midwifery practice. Exploring midwifery as an art, as well as a science, the authors collected here make the case for midwives as professionals working ‘with women’ rather than as birth technicians, taking a purely competency-based approach to practice. The book incorporates a range of pedagogical features to enhance student learning, including overall chapter aims and learning outcomes, ‘recommendations for practice’, ‘learning triggers’ to encourage the reader to delve deeper and reflect on practice, ‘application to practice’ case studies which ensure that the theory is related to contemporary practice, and a glossary of terms. The chapters cover perspectives on birth from sociology; psychology; anthropology; law; social policy and politics. Other chapters address important issues such as disability, politics and sexuality. Outlining relevant theory from the social sciences and clearly applying it to practice, this text is an essential read for all student midwives, registered midwives and doulas.

Download or read book HC 350 Complaints and Raising Concerns written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of those who complain about NHS services do not seek financial redress. They do so because they wish to have their concerns and experiences understood and for any failings to be acknowledged and put right so that others do not suffer the same avoidable harm. Where such errors occur, patients and their families deserve to be met with a system which is open to complaints, supports them through the process and which delivers a timely apology, explanation and a determination to learn from mistakes. The current system for complaints handling however, remains variable. Too many complaints are mishandled with people encountering poor communication or at worst, a defensive and complicated system which results in a complete breakdown in trust and a failure to improve patient safety. The Committee welcomes the progress made since their last report, but in this, the Committee's final report on complaints and concerns in this Parliament, an overview is set out of the developments and recommendations to date as well as those expected in 2015. The Committee also makes a number of recommendations where further action is required.

Download or read book Medicine patients and the law written by Margaret Brazier and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embryo research, cloning, assisted conception, neonatal care, saviour siblings, organ transplants, drug trials - modern developments have transformed the field of medicine almost beyond recognition in recent decades and the law struggles to keep up. In this highly acclaimed and very accessible book, now in its sixth edition, Margaret Brazier and Emma Cave provide an incisive survey of the legal situation in areas as diverse as fertility treatment, patient consent, assisted dying, malpractice and medical privacy. The book has been fully revised and updated to cover the latest cases, from assisted dying to informed consent; legislative reform of the NHS, professional regulation and redress; European regulations on data protection and clinical trials; and legislation and policy reforms on organ donation, assisted conception and mental capacity. Essential reading for healthcare professionals, lecturers, medical and law students, this book is of relevance to all whose perusal of the daily news causes wonder, hope and consternation at the advances and limitations of medicine, patients and the law.

Download or read book Annual accountability hearings written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responses to HC 1428, on the Annual accountability hearings with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (ISBN 9780215560933); 1429 on the Annual accountability hearings with the General Medical Council (ISBN 9780215560926) & 1430 on the Annual accountability hearings with the Care Quality Commission (ISBN 9780215561305)

Download or read book Algorithmic Regulation written by Karen Yeung and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the power and sophistication of of 'big data' and predictive analytics has continued to expand, so too has policy and public concern about the use of algorithms in contemporary life. This is hardly surprising given our increasing reliance on algorithms in daily life, touching policy sectors from healthcare, transport, finance, consumer retail, manufacturing education, and employment through to public service provision and the operation of the criminal justice system. This has prompted concerns about the need and importance of holding algorithmic power to account, yet it is far from clear that existing legal and other oversight mechanisms are up to the task. This collection of essays, edited by two leading regulatory governance scholars, offers a critical exploration of 'algorithmic regulation', understood both as a means for co-ordinating and regulating social action and decision-making, as well as the need for institutional mechanisms through which the power of algorithms and algorithmic systems might themselves be regulated. It offers a unique perspective that is likely to become a significant reference point for the ever-growing debates about the power of algorithms in daily life in the worlds of research, policy and practice. The range of contributors are drawn from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives including law, public administration, applied philosophy, data science and artificial intelligence. Taken together, they highlight the rise of algorithmic power, the potential benefits and risks associated with this power, the way in which Sheila Jasanoff's long-standing claim that 'technology is politics' has been thrown into sharp relief by the speed and scale at which algorithmic systems are proliferating, and the urgent need for wider public debate and engagement of their underlying values and value trade-offs, the way in which they affect individual and collective decision-making and action, and effective and legitimate mechanisms by and through which algorithmic power is held to account.

Download or read book Social Work and Social Policy written by Jonathan Dickens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, and dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights and our understanding of ‘the good society’. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to social policy, tailored to the needs of a social work audience. The new edition of this popular and accessible text analyses current policies and policy themes relevant to social work, and locates them in the context of fundamental social policy principles and debates. It discusses the nature of social policy and its relationship to social work, and covers essential themes such as: - service user participation and involvement - the balance between individual, societal and state responsibility for people’s wellbeing - the interactions of the state, the private sector, voluntary organisations and the family - the relationships between needs, rights and choices - the purposes and challenges of professional social work - the meanings of ‘equality’, ‘prevention’ and ‘personalisation’. Each chapter ends with activities for reflection and analysis, and suggestions for further reading. Social Work and Social Policy is invaluable for students undertaking social work qualifying courses, all of whom are required to demonstrate an understanding of the social policy contexts of practice.

Download or read book Clients Consumers or Citizens written by Hudson, Bob and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adult social care was the first major social policy domain in England to be transferred from the state to the market. There is now a forty-year period to look back at to consider the thinking behind the strategy, the impacts on commissioners and providers of care, on the care workforce and on those who use care and support services. In this book, Bob Hudson meticulously charts these shifts. He challenges the dominant market paradigm, explores alternative models for a post-Covid-19 future and locates the debate within the wider literature on political thinking and policy change.

Download or read book HC 401 Managing the Care of People with Long Term Conditions written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 million NHS patients in England with long-term conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and asthma account for 70% of the annual expenditure of the NHS in England. One projection estimating that the bill for treatment of long-term conditions will require the NHS to find £4 billion more each year by 2016. Increasingly, patients do not have a single long-term condition but live with two or more conditions, complicating treatment and adding to its cost. The Committee strongly supports the development of individual care planning for people with long-term conditions, based on the principles successfully demonstrated in the NHS House of Care programme. Care planning approaches will involve GPs, community health services and specialists sitting down with the patient to draw up a personalised plan for the care required, which includes the support needed to help the patient manage his or her own condition. The challenge, though, of introducing personalised care planning for 15 million people is substantial. The Committee looked at the prevailing view that services to treat long-term conditions should be moved out of hospitals and into primary and community care. To provide effective care for these conditions, services have to be maintained across all settings, from support in the home through to acute specialist care, and many conditions will continue to require specialist services delivered in hospital. Effective management of long-term conditions also requires collaboration with other government providers, such as housing and transport services.

Download or read book 2012 Accountability Hearing with Monitor written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second annual accountability hearing with Monitor from the Health Committee. The parallel roles of Monitor and CQC were criticised in the Francis report on the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust (HC 898, session 2012-13, ISBN 9780102981469) because they created significant opportunities for confusion. The Health Committee concurs and stresses that it needs to be addressed urgently to avoid the twin dangers of gaps in regulation and duplication of regulation. This report concludes that the proposal to use a combination of transitional powers and licensing provisions (designed to apply to all providers of NHS care) to provide the framework for the long-term regulation of Foundation Trusts is profoundly unsatisfactory. The role of Monitor in relation to competition in the NHS remains unclear, and the respective roles of Monitor and the Competition Commission in the market for health and care services need urgent clarification. Monitor's positive approach towards the commissioning of integrated care pathways is welcome. Monitor should use its role in setting the tariff paid for certain NHS services (alongside the NHS Commissioning Board) to encourage system redesign and the integration of service provision, as well as to discourage "cherry-picking" of the most economically attractive patients. The establishment of a provider failure regime is welcome, but a number of important elements in that regime are not yet fully developed and further progress is needed over the coming months.