Archive for April, 2009
What the NHS did on April Fool’s Day
Posted by James Gubb in Health on 02/04/2009
1st April. April Fool’s Day. A day for multiple press releases from the Department of Health. The new super-regulator, the Care Quality Commission comes into force. New Integrated Care Organisation (ICOs) pilots are announced. The Performance Framework is announced: minimum standards of quality, safety and financial management that patients can expect from the NHS. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are to be collected. The National Quality Board meets for the first time. A new, ‘simpler’, complaints system is introduced. And the payment framework for Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) starts life.
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