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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 ...
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 ...
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 Health and Social Care Act 2012 ( c 7) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided for the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service in England to date. [1] It removed responsibility for the health of citizens from the Secretary of State for Health, which the post had carried since the ...
Text of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 ( c. 43) enabled the creation of foundation trusts. It has now mostly been replaced by the National ...
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 ...
Health professional. A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) [1] is a provider of health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience. The field includes those who work as a nurse, physician (such as family physician, internist, obstetrician, psychiatrist, radiologist ...
The Care Act 2014 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received royal assent on 14 May 2014, after being introduced on 9 May 2013. [1] [2] The main purpose of the act was to overhaul the existing 60-year-old legislation regarding social care in England. The Care Act 2014 sets out in one place, local authorities’ duties in ...