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The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care ( PSA) oversees the ten statutory bodies that regulate health professionals in the United Kingdom and social care in England. [1] Where occupations are not subject to statutory regulation, it sets standards for those organisations that hold voluntary registers and accredits those ...
Professional Standards Authority. Website. www .hcpc-uk .org. The Health and Care Professions Council ( HCPC ), formerly the Health Professions Council ( HPC ), is a statutory regulator of over 280,000 [1] professionals from 15 health and care professions in the United Kingdom. The Council reports its main purpose is to protect the public.
A six-minute video documentary of NICE from 2008. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ( NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body, in England, of the Department of Health and Social Care, [1] that publishes guidelines in four areas: [2] the use of health technologies within England's National Health Service (NHS) and ...
Gender affirming care (GAC) refers to any combination of social, legal, and medical measures that help people feel happy, healthy, and safe in their gender. GAC takes a holistic approach to making ...
Health and Social Care Act 2008 [1] Parliament of the United Kingdom. Long title. An Act to establish and make provision in connection with a Care Quality Commission; to make provision about health care (including provision about the National Health Service) and about social care; to make provision about reviews and investigations under the ...
It was created by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. The Healthcare Commission took over the role of the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) on the 1 April 2004 and also assumed some of the responsibilities of the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) and the Audit Commission , as well as a number of ...
The U.S. healthcare system has been the subject of significant political debate and reform efforts, particularly in the areas of healthcare costs, insurance coverage, and the quality of care. Legislation such as the Affordable Care Act of 2010 has sought to address some of these issues, though challenges remain.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has the primary function of inspecting providers of health and adult social care in England, ensuring that they meet essential standards of safety and quality. NHS Digital, which provides statistical information and informatics support to the health and care system in England.