Download or read book The Care Quality Commission written by Great Britain. National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Care Quality Commission had a difficult task in establishing itself and has not so far achieved value for money in regulating the quality and safety of health and adult social care in England. The Commission, formed in 2009, had to merge three existing regulators to establish a new organisation and implement a new regulatory approach, which for the first time integrates health and social care. The Commission's budget is less than the combined budget of its predecessor bodies, even though it has more responsibilities. Even so, it underspent against budget in both 2009-10 and 2010-11. This was partly because it had a significant number of staff vacancies. The process for registering care providers did not go smoothly. Although 21,600 providers are now registered, the timetable for two of the three tranches of registrations was not met. The Commission diverted inspectors from compliance activity to registration work in a bid to meet the timetable. As a result of this and the number of inspector vacancies, the Commission completed only 47 per cent of the target number of compliance reviews between October 2010 and April 2011. Although clearly defined, the Commission's role as a regulator has not always been communicated effectively to the public and providers. In addition, proposals to extend the Commission's role risk distracting the Commission from its core work of regulating health and social care. In the absence of measures of impact, the National Audit Office assessed value for money in terms of whether the Commission delivered what it set out to deliver.
Download or read book The Care Quality Commission written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NAO report on this topic published as HC 1665, session 2010-12 (ISBN 9780102977011)
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 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 Care Quality Commission The State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England HC 838 written by Care Quality Commission and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between April 2012-March 2013, the Commission carried out 35,000 inspections of health and social care services in England. The State of Care report brings together their findings about the quality of these services and also takes a special look at the pressures on accident and emergency. It covers quality of the NHS; independent healthcare; adult social care and primary dental care. Some key findings included that 1 in 5 nursing home inspections revealed safety concerns; 47% of problems uncovered in the NHS were judged to have 'major' or 'moderate' impact on patients; 1 in 10 independent healthcare inspections were not meeting standards of safeguarding and safety; and 7% of dental care inspections raised concerns relating to safeguarding and safety
Download or read book Appointment of the Chair of 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 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government is committed to involving Parliament in the appointment of key public officials, and nominees for certain positions should be subject to a pre-appointment hearing with the relevant select committee. The hearing would be non-binding, but in the light of the report from the committee, Ministers would decide whether to proceed. On 30 April 2008, the Secretary of State invited the Health Committee to hold a pre-appointment hearing in respect of Baroness Young of Old Scone, the candidate for Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Report looks first at the CQC and the role of the Chair, then at the appointment process, and finally considers the suitability of the candidate. The Committee finds that Baroness Young is a suitable candidate for the post, and has the requisite professional competence, independence and integrity.
Download or read book Care Quality Commission written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Replaces the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health Act Commission which cease to exist on 31 March 2009.
Download or read book The Health and Social Care Act 2008 Regulated Activities Regulations 2014 written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enabling power: Health and Social Care Act 2008, ss. 8 (1), 20 (1) to (5A), 35, 86 (2) (4), 87 (1) (2), 161 (3) (4). Issued: 11.07.2014. Made: .- Laid: -. Coming into force: In accord. with reg. 1. Effect: S.I. 2012/921 partially revoked & 2010/781; 2011/2711; 2012/1513 revoked. Territorial extent & classification: E. For approval by resolution of each House of Parliament
Download or read book The state of health care and adult social care in England written by Care Quality Commission and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second annual report on the state of care in England. New laws governing the regulation of health care and adult social care came into force in 2010 and introduced a common set of essential standards of quality and safety that all care providers must now meet. The report covers all of the services that CQC regulated and assessed under the previous legislation: adult social care services (Care homes, nursing homes and home care agencies); the NHS and independent health care services; Councils and primary care trusts (PCTs) who provide and purchase (commission) adult social care and health care services for their communities. There are four main sections - safe care, choice and control, person-centred services and standards of care.
Download or read book Regulating Long Term Care Quality written by Vincent Mor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international survey of different approaches to the provision and regulation of long-term care for the elderly.
Download or read book Crossing the Quality Chasm written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-08-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.
Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.
Download or read book Care Quality Commission Annual Report and Accounts for the Period 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 written by Care Quality Commission and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On cover: Focused on Better Care. The Care Quality Commission was established on 1 October 2008 and from 1 April 2009 became responsible for the registration, review and inspection of health and adult social care services and to monitor the operation of the Mental Health Act in England. It was formed from the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission
Download or read book Care Quality Commission Annual Report and Accounts for the Period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 written by Care Quality Commission and published by . This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Care Quality Commission was established on 1 October 2008 and from 1 April 2009 became responsible for the registration, review and inspection of health and adult social care services and to monitor the operation of the Mental Health Act in England. It was formed from the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission. With correction slip dated October 2011
Download or read book Coercive Care written by Bernadette Mcsherry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been much debate about mental health law reform and mental capacity legislation in recent years with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also having a major impact on thinking about the issue. This edited volume explores the concept of ‘coercive care’ in relation to individuals such as those with severe mental illnesses, those with intellectual and cognitive disabilities and those with substance use problems. With a focus on choice and capacity the book explores the impact of and challenges posed by the provision of care in an involuntary environment. The contributors to the book look at mental health, capacity and vulnerable adult’s care as well as the law related to those areas. The book is split into four parts which cover: human rights and coercive care; legal capacity and coercive care; the legal coordination of coercive care and coercive care and individuals with cognitive impairments. The book covers new ground by exploring issues arising from the coercion of persons with various disabilities and vulnerabilities, helping to illustrate how the capacity to provide consent to treatment and care is impaired by reason of their condition.
Download or read book Legal Aspects of Health and Safety written by Bridgit Dimond and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in a clear and concise format that makes for easy reference and understanding, this revised and updated edition covers issues that are becoming increasingly important to health professionals, managers and educators, including proposed changes to the law since Lord Young's 2010 report Common Sense, Common Safety. Topics include cross infection and the spread of MRSA, greater regulation of health and safety standards, stress and bullying and the laws relating to notifiable diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Illustrated with case studies throughout, this book is designed to provide a clear introduction to the laws relating to health and safety, case law and statute law, so that the health professional has a sound understanding of the law.
Download or read book Health and Social Care ACT 2008 written by Bernan and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal assent, 21st July 2008. An Act to establish and make provision in connection with a Care Quality Commission; to make provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service) and about social care; to make provision about reviews and investigations under the Mental Health Act 1983; to establish and make provision in connection with an Office of the Health Professions Adjudicator and make other provision about the regulation of the health care professions; to confer power to modify the regulation of social care workers; to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; to provide for the payment of a grant to women in connection with pregnancy; to amend the functions of the Health Protection Agency. Explanatory notes to assist in the understanding of this Act are available separately (ISBN 9780105614081)
