CARE QUALTY COMMISSION-OR COCK UP QUALITY OF CARE COMMISSION

The time has come, tomorrow the CQC will “regulate the safety and quality of health and social care services” New regulation for health and adult social care providers

Health Minister, Ben Bradshaw said:

'The way that health and adult social care services are being delivered is changing. The same person may well receive care from both health and social care providers in a range of settings including at their GP surgery, community or residential settings, hospital or from a range of public or independent providers.'

'This is the first time that one single registration framework will ensure that the health and adult social care services people receive will be safe and of a high quality regardless of which organisation is providing it.'

Cynthia Bower, Chief Executive, Care Quality Commission said:

'We are pleased that the response to the Department of Health's consultation is now published and we can take the draft regulations into our discussions with stakeholders to develop our methods for implementing the new registration system.

The new system provides a historic opportunity and we are determined to ensure that we expand on the work done to date by the Department and build a robust framework of assurance of quality across all of health and social care.'

This new system replaces the different sets of existing requirements and standards for each different provider - whether they are from the NHS, local authority, independent or voluntary sectors. The registration requirements provide flexibility for care providers, setting out what they must do, but not stipulating how they must do it.

The Department of Health has consulted widely to bring together the most appropriate regulations to enable the system to work effectively for health and adult social care, whilst also reflecting differences in the nature of services delivered by providers, for example, differences between how hospitals and residential care homes provide services.

Pulse has this to say Pulse - Threat of legal action if GPs fail to follow NICE GPs will have to prove they follow NICE guidelines or face the possibility of suspension, prosecution or the closure of their practice, the Government’s new health and social care regulator has warned.

Baroness Young, chair of the Care Quality Commission, revealed that guidance from NICE would become legally enforceable from 2009/10, with doctors to face tough annual checks on their compliance.

Pulse has also learned that the commission is determined to bring all GPs under its remit, having told the Government the ‘significant clinical risks’ justify ‘system regulation of primary care as well as professional regulation of individuals’.

Baroness Young told last week’s NICE annual conference in Manchester that policing clinical guidance was set to be a key part of the CQC’s work, and admitted the commission had been handed ‘draconian’ powers by ministers.

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