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The Care Quality Commission, Voluntary Schemes and the New Regulatory Landscape

National seminar on regulation and accreditation in health and social care. 

This one day seminar, held jointly by the UK Accreditation Forum and the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Quality Section will take place on Tuesday 17 November 2009, at the RSM.

With the changes coming about in regulation and licensing it is timely for the value and contribution of accreditation schemes to improving the quality of health and social care services is recognised.  At a number of consultation meetings and seminars, UKAF has made the point that regulatory agencies need to focus on ensuring that baseline quality and safety standards are met, whilst accreditation is about encouraging continuous quality improvement and implementing best practice.  This seminar will explore the relationship between the regulation, licensing role and voluntary quality schemes.  Will the new landscape provide space for organisations to pursue the quality improvement initiatives that will be most beneficial to them and support their aspirations for service development?

The sessions will explore the changing face of regulation across health and social care, the development of new national quality standards by NICE and the role of voluntary quality improvement schemes, using accreditation and peer review methodology.  UKAF will put the case for CQC endorsement and recognition of accreditation awards.

This seminar is a ‘must attend’ event for all those tasked with ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and those working to improve quality of services in health and social care.

Please click here for a copy of the programme.

Places cost £80 for UKAF/RSM members,  £100 others

Past events:

Please click here to read the summary of the joint meeting of the Quality in Healthcare Forum and UKAF, which took place on the 26th September 2006.

Please click here to view the poster which was presented at the ISQua conference, held between the 22nd to 25th October 2006.

Can voluntary accreditation work with public sector regulation?