Friday 12 December 2014

What impact do regulators have on the NHS?

What impact do regulators have on the NHS? Regulation has its place, but a narrow focus on organisations is the wrong approach.

There are two narratives in the NHS inspired by the central bodies; one is a story of opportunities and possibilities, the other is finding someone to blame. While the regulatory beatings are continuing, there are signs the positive approach is gaining ground.

In recent days the Care Quality Commission has been choking on its own bile. First it had to admit that it had wrongly categorised 60 GP practices as high risk in ratings it had published for surgeries across England, after a BBC investigation uncovered flaws in its methodology and a failure to test the data properly. Continue reading...  The Guardian

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