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While the Health and Social Care Act 2008 does not distinguish between types of health or social care service, in practice, the CQC has different regulatory approaches for: Ambulances – NHS and independent services [46] Care homes – including residential and nursing homes [47] Clinics – including family planning and slimming clinic [48]
The Commission brought together the inspection, regulation and review of all social care services into one organisation. It was created by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 [4] [5] [6] and became fully operational on 1 April 2004. The Commission received grant in aid from the Department of Health and also ...
The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, known as the Care Commission, carried out the legal duty to regulate specific care services in Scotland between 2002 and 2011. The Care Commission began work in April 2002 as an independent regulator under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 .
It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care services in England. The CQC's stated role is to make sure that hospitals, care homes, dental and general practices and other care services in England provide people with safe, effective and high-quality care, and to encourage those providers to improve.
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 replaced the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health Act Commission with a single, integrated regulator for health and adult social care - the Care Quality Commission. [5] [6] The Care Quality Commission began operating on 1 April 2009 as a non-departmental ...
Phone-paid Services Authority – regulator for phone-paid services in the UK, part of Ofcom, replaces ICSTIS, PhonepayPlus; Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Ofgem – the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets, regulation of the electricity and gas industries in Great Britain
In April 2013 a new system was established as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The NHS budget is largely in the hands of a new body, NHS England. NHS England commissions specialist services and primary care. Acute services and community care are commissioned by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) led by GPs. From April ...
There are various residential care options available, depending on the needs of the individual. People with disabilities, mental health problems, Intellectual disability , Alzheimer's disease , dementia or who are frail aged are often cared for at home by paid or voluntary caregivers , such as family and friends, with additional support from ...