Department of Health's Wider Review of Regulation in Health and Social Care
21 November 2005
CSCI has published its response to the Department of Health's
consultation on the future of social care and health
regulation.
In the response, we stress that it's essential to be clear about
the role and function of regulation before deciding on what kind of
organisation should deliver those functions.
We argue that the primary purpose of regulation and inspection
should be to safeguard and promote the rights and welfare of people
who use care and health services.
Dame Denise Platt, Chair of CSCI, said that having an overriding
statutory function to encourage improvement in services – as CSCI
and the Healthcare Commission do – is essential.
Dame Denise continued: "CSCI is in a unique position to look
across the whole social care sector, regulating providers,
challenging commissioners and providing authoritative information
for policy makers and the public.
"We have also put consulting and involving people who use
services at the heart of everything we do.
"This, and our sector-wide perspective, needs to be retained
within a future regulatory system, and we are reminding Government
of this today."
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