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The regulatory landscape in health and social care in England in 2009
This briefing sets out the range and scope of 'regulators' in the health and social care sector in England. Its aim is to outline who does what in regulating, inspecting, auditing and contributing to setting standards in health and social care in the new regulatory landscape.
Updated: 7 September 2015 -
Nursing and Payment by Results
NHS England has been reimbursing providers for acute care using an activity based casemix payment system called Payment by Results (PbR) since 2003. PbR uses Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) as a means of classifying patients' treatment episodes for reimbursement. They are developed by clinical wor...
Updated: 5 March 2021 -
Shaping the future of care together
RCN members are being encouraged to complete a short online survey to share their views on the future of social care in England. This will ensure that The RCN is responding to the Government Green Paper Shaping the Future of Care Together, which calls for a care debate and includes the idea of setti...
Updated: 7 September 2015 -
Nursing and the Economic Downturn
A roundtable discussion on Nursing and the economic downturn was held on 25 August 2009 at RCN headquarters in London. An invitation only meeting, it brought together prominent figures in nursing together with leading external thinkers and influencers who ordinarily have relatively little direct inv...
Updated: 4 March 2021 -
Policy seminar – Integration
The RCN hosted a policy seminar on 24 September 2013 attended by a number of executive nurses and directors of nursing (held under the Chatham House rule), to discuss the facilitators and barriers to creating an integrated health and social care system, and to share some international examples of in...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
NHS complaints review
This briefing provides an overview to the review of the NHS complaints system in England being undertaken, following the publication of the Francis Report and in response to the publicised experiences of Ann Clwyd MP during her husband’s final days as a patient at the University Hospital of Wales in...
Updated: 23 March 2017 -
Nurses blowing the whistle on poor care
In light of the care failings at Mid Stafford hospital, raising concerns and effective complaint handling within the health and social care sector has become a priority. This briefing showcases the Norwegian system of reporting and handling complaints and the legislation in place to support staff wh...
Updated: 14 August 2015 -
Ratings in health and social care
A short briefing on the Nuffield Trust Review.
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
Revision of European Legislation on medical devices
The new draft EU regulations on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices were published on 26 September 2012 with a stated aim to ‘achieve a suitable, robust, transparent and sustainable regulatory framework’ for medical devices and in vitro devices. These seek to replace three existi...
Updated: 3 September 2015 -
Monitor and the NHS provider license
This briefing sets out details on the provider license introduced in April 2013 for Foundation Trusts and issued by Monitor as part of their responsibilities as a sector regulator. The license will also apply to other providers of NHS services from 2014.
Updated: 3 September 2015
