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Appendix BSignatories to the ConcordatFull membersHealthcare CommissionAudit CommissionNational Audit OfficeMental Health Act CommissionCommission for Social Care InspectionHealth and Safety ExecutiveNHS Litigation AuthorityAcademy of Medical Royal CollegesPostgraduate Medical Education and Training BoardConference of Postgraduate DeansGeneral Medical CouncilHuman Fertilisation and Embryology AssociationNHS Counter Fraud and Security Management ServiceSkills for HealthAssociate membersNHS ConfederationNHS and Social Care Information CentreQuality Assurance Agency for Higher EducationThe Department of HealthCouncil for Healthcare Regulatory ExcellenceHealth Inspectorate Wales24 Concordat Getting the best from inspection, audit, review and regulation of health and social care May 2006
The full signatories to the ConcordatThe Healthcare CommissionThe Healthcare Commission's legal name is the Commission for HealthcareAudit and Inspection. It was formed by the Health and Social Care (CommunityHealth and Standards) Act 2003 and launched on April 1 st 2004. The HealthcareCommission promotes improvement in the quality of both the NHS andindependent healthcare across England and Wales.www.healthcarecommission.org.ukThe Audit CommissionThe Audit Commission is an independent public body. It appoints auditors in theareas of local government, housing, health and criminal justice services andquality assures auditors’ work under the Code of Audit Practice. TheCommission seeks to drive improvement in public services through effectiveaudit and inspection, and by promoting good practice through a programme ofnational studies, which in health focuses on financial management.www.audit-commission.gov.ukThe National Audit OfficeThe National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament. Itis independent of the Government. It audits the accounts of all Governmentdepartments and agencies, as well as a wide range of other public bodies, andreports to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with whichGovernment bodies have used public money.www.nao.gov.ukThe Mental Health Act CommissionThe Mental Health Act Commission was established in 1983. Its functions are:• to keep under review the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respectof patients liable to be detained under the Act• to visit and interview, in private, patients detained under the Act in hospitalsand mental nursing homesConcordat Getting the best from inspection, audit, review and regulation of health and social care May 2006 25
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Page 5 and 6: ContentsForeword by Rt Hon Jane Ken
Page 7 and 8: ForewordThe Government’s continui
Page 9 and 10: ObjectivesThe Concordat has been de
Page 11 and 12: Objective oneInspections are coordi
Page 14 and 15: Objective threeInspections support
Page 16 and 17: Objective four continuedPractice 4.
Page 18 and 19: Objective sixInspections are target
Page 20 and 21: Objective eightInspecting bodies us
Page 22 and 23: Objective 10Inspecting bodies conti
Page 24 and 25: Appendix A continuedThe Government
Page 28 and 29: Appendix B continued• to investig
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Page 32 and 33: Appendix B continuedNHS Counter Fra
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