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The Care Quality Commission was established as an integrated regulator for England's health and adult social care services by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 [3] [4] to replace these three bodies. The commission was created in shadow form on 1 October 2008 and began operating on 1 April 2009.
The Care Quality Commission has the responsibilities to ensure service providers are providing quality care when carrying on the regulated activities. The Act makes further substantial revisions and repeals to the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, by section 129, [2] and Schedule 11. [3]
A common definition of compliance is:'Observance of external (international and national) laws and regulations, as well as internal norms and procedures, to protect the integrity of the organization, its management and employees with the aim of preventing and controlling risks and the possible damage resulting from these compliance and ...
The Health Act 1999 allowed the UK government to more easily change healthcare regulatory arrangements, through orders of the Privy Council. [4] The Kennedy report into the Bristol heart scandal was published in July 2001 and plans for a body to oversee the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK quickly followed. [5]
The CQC estimates there are about 11,000 incidents of severe harm per year, and up to 100,000 incidents of serious harm, although there may be significant under-reporting of both. The charity Action Against Medical Accidents has been campaigning for a wide definition [ 10 ] and Behan made it clear that he was supporting them.
Long title: An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation ...
Regulatory law refers [1] to secondary legislation, including regulations, promulgated by an executive branch agency under a delegation from a legislature; as well as legal issues related to regulatory compliance. It contrasts with statutory law promulgated by the legislative branch, and common law or case law promulgated by the judicial branch.
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 ...