Effective regulation is held to be one of the foundations of high quality, safe patient care. It aims to improve performance and quality, provide assurance that acceptable standards are achieved, and ensure accountability for levels of performance and value for money.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
New research launched today, 1 September 2014, has concluded that there are seven key issues that need to be addressed to ensure the future success of doctor revalidation, the most profound revision i...
Dr Suzette Woodward on how the NHS Litigation Authority are working to help the NHS improve safety, help the whole system learn from claims (rather than just individual trusts) and how they are moving...
Our response to a Department of Health consultation seeking views on proposals for a new offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect.
Our response to Monitor's consultation on draft guidance for NHS foundation trusts to structure reviews of their governance.
Today marks a year since the publication of the Francis report. And on the face of it, much appears to have happened. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has developed a new approach to regulation and i...
Like most parents, I want my children to become good, honest, responsible adults. But which parenting techniques will turn my hope into reality? How do I get my daughters (currently aged two and four)...
This paper forms part of a programme of work we are undertaking to help answer the question: 'How do we know care is safe?'
The readmissions policy (non-payment for readmissions within 30 days) has been a feature of the system payment rules for several years now. The rationale is that providers should get it right first ti...
Is it enough to ask for health and social care services to be 'caring' and 'responsive' (and what should these terms mean)? Are service user control, empowerment and decision making a fundamental a...
When things go wrong it’s often easier to focus on the particular processes, people or equipment that failed, and ignore underlying cultural issues. But large-scale failings like Mid Staffs demonstrat...
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