LO6: Understand regulation and inspection in HSC

Question 1

Name 2 regulatory organisations

Answer 1

OFSTED

Care Quality Commission

Question 2

What is the function of OFSTED?

Answer 2

To inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people

Question 3

What is the function of the CQC?

Answer 3

Carries out inspections of care services that aren’t specific to children. Care homes, hospitals and GP surgeries

Question 4

What is the impact of regulatory bodies (inspections) on Service Users?

Answer 4

Service users feel safe knowing that an inspection will find out if their organisation is doing anything wrong.
They can use inspection reports to choose the best service to use

Question 5

What is the impact of regulatory bodies (inspections) on Service Providers?

Answer 5

The could lose or gain business depending on how good the report is.
They could be closed down with a bad report

Question 6

What is the impact of regulatory bodies (inspections) on Public Trust?

Answer 6

The general public think their HSC services are safe because, if they weren’t, they’d be shut down.
Gives them choice