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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

External Regulatory Bodies and Statutory Standards

HSC602 · Managing Quality in Health and Social Care Settings — Week 2 of 16

CourseHSC602
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

External Regulatory Bodies and Statutory Standards

  1. Statutory inspectorates and regulatory frameworks
  2. Compliance enforcement mechanisms
  3. Professional registration bodies
  4. National quality benchmarks
  5. About the Care Quality Commission and what we do

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Explore the role of external agencies in setting and maintaining standards.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explore the role of external agencies in setting and maintaining standards.

Study materials

Videos

  • About the Care Quality Commission and what we do · YouTube · Care Quality Commission · 3 min · for registered students
  • Mike Richards: The new Care Quality Commission hospital inspection programme · YouTube · The King's Fund · 6 min · for registered students
  • Barbara Young: The role of the Care Quality Commission - April 2009 · YouTube · The King's Fund · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • CQC: Regulations for service providers and managers · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • CQC: Assessment framework (quality statements) · Reading · Other, guidance · for registered students
  • HCPC Standards of proficiency: Practitioner psychologists (effective 1 September 2023) · PDF · Other, guidance; 35 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Stakeholder Perspectives and Quality Roles
  • Week 2: External Regulatory Bodies and Statutory Standards
  • Week 3: System Failures and Impacts of Substandard Care
  • Week 4: Measurement and Metrics in Quality Assurance
  • Week 5: Implementing Quality Systems and Methodologies
  • Week 6: Barriers and Influencing Factors in Quality Delivery
  • Week 7: Evaluating Quality Systems, Policies, and Procedures
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Service User Voice and Co-Production in Quality
  • Week 10: Methods for Assessing Service Provision Quality
  • Week 11: Strategic Quality Improvement and Transformation
  • Week 12: Applying Managing Quality in Health and Social Care Setting…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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