{"id":10370,"date":"2022-07-12T22:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/quality-authority\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T17:04:44","slug":"quality-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/quality-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/quality-authority\/#HIQA_Functions\" title=\"HIQA Functions\">HIQA Functions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/quality-authority\/#Ministerial_Direction\" title=\"Ministerial Direction\">Ministerial Direction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/quality-authority\/#Governance\" title=\"Governance\">Governance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/quality-authority\/#Chief_Inspector_of_Social_Services\" title=\"Chief Inspector of Social Services\">Chief Inspector of Social Services<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"HIQA_Functions\"><\/span>HIQA Functions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Health Act 2007 established the Health, Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).\u00a0 The Authority has been conferred with a number of inspection and regulatory functions in relation to the health services.\u00a0 In particular, this includes the regulation and inspection of nursing homes and childcare centres, as well as the regulation of many health professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The function of the Authority is to set standards on safety and quality in relation to healthcare services and service providers under the Health Acts, the Child Care acts, the Children Acts, and the Health (Nursing Homes) Act. It carries out certain other functions under disabilities and special needs learning legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The Authority<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>monitors compliance with \u00a0standards<\/li>\n<li>undertakes investigations<\/li>\n<li>reviews and makes recommendations in respect of services to the Minister<\/li>\n<li>operates accreditation programs<\/li>\n<li>operates schemes aimed at assuring safety and quality in health services<\/li>\n<li>evaluation of clinical and cost-effectiveness of health technologies, including drugs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Authority may set standards for the HSE and service providers in relation to data and information.\u00a0 It may advise the Minister and executive on compliance by service providers and the Executive himself.\u00a0 It may provide advice and recommendations to the Minister or executive about deficiencies identified.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ministerial_Direction\"><\/span>Ministerial Direction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In carrying out its functions, the Authority is to have regard to government policy in so far as it affects the Authority\u2019s functions.\u00a0 It is to have regard to its resources and the need to co-operate with other public authorities performing relevant services. It must in so far as reasonably practicable, have regard to research, statistics and other information in relation to health and personal social services provided in other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>In setting standards, the Authority considers submissions made by relevant bodies and sends them for approval by the Minister.\u00a0 The standards are admissible in prosecutions and procedures for contravention of the relevant legislation or regulation.\u00a0 Where the standards appear to give guidance to the court, they are admissible as such in evidence. They are not necessarily conclusive.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Governance\"><\/span>Governance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Board of HIQA consists of twelve members.\u00a0 They are appointed by the Minister from persons with expertise in various matters related to the functions of the Authority. A chairman is appointed for a five-year period.<\/p>\n<p>The chief executive carries on and manages generally the administration and business of the Authority.\u00a0 He is responsible to the Board for the performance of his functions and implementation of the board\u2019s policies. The chief executive is accountable to the Oireachtas committee. The functions of the chief executive may be delegated to other officers.\u00a0 The Board has its own employees.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister may give directions to the Authority for the purpose of any of its functions.\u00a0 He may direct that information, reports and statistics be provided.<\/p>\n<p>The Authority is to prepare a corporate plan every three years.\u00a0 The plan is submitted to the Minister for approval, who may modify or vary it.\u00a0 Annual business plans are to be provided.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chief_Inspector_of_Social_Services\"><\/span>Chief Inspector of Social Services<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services is established under the Act.\u00a0 The Authority appoints the Chief Inspector with the approval of the Minister.\u00a0 The Chief Inspector is responsible for<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>certain inspection functions under the Child Care and Nursing Homes legislation.<\/li>\n<li>designation and registration of designated centres<\/li>\n<li>and inspection of special care units.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Chief Inspector is accountable to the Oireachtas committee in relation to certain matters.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10370\" data-postid=\"10370\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10370 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIQA Functions The Health Act 2007 established the Health, Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).\u00a0 The Authority has been conferred with a number of inspection and regulatory functions in relation to the health services.\u00a0 In particular, this includes the regulation and inspection of nursing homes and childcare centres, as well as the regulation of many health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10370"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32186,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10370\/revisions\/32186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}