The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/744 |
2017 No. 744
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made 12th July 2017
Laid before Parliament 13th July 2017
Coming into force 1st November 2017
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by sections 8, 9(5) and 10(3) of the Health Act 20091.
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Quality Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st November 2017.
Amendment to the National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010
2.—(1) The National Health Service (Quality Accounts) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”)2are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4—
(a)
(a) in paragraph (2)3, after “items 1 to 11” insert “and 27.1 to 27.9”;
(b)
(b) after paragraph (2A), insert—
“2B The information prescribed for the purposes of section 8(1) or (3) of the 2009 Act includes the information specified in items 27.1 to 27.9 of the table in the Schedule for—
(a) National Health Service trusts specified in section 8(2)(b) of the 2009 Act; and
(b) NHS foundation trusts.
2C Paragraph (2B) does not apply in relation to any ambulance trust.
2D The quarterly information required in items 27.1 to 27.3 of the table in the Schedule may be taken from quarterly information published by providers in response to national guidance.”.
(3) In regulation 5(1)4—
(a)
(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”;
(b)
(b) after sub-paragraph (d), insert—
“and,
(e)
(e) for the providers referred to in regulation 4(2B), a statement describing how information required in items 27.1 to 27.3 of the Schedule to these Regulations is being published each quarter by the providers.”.
(4) In the Schedule to the 2010 Regulations5, after item 26, insert the following items—
“27.1 |
The number of its patients who have died during the reporting period, including a quarterly breakdown of the annual figure. |
During [reporting period] [number] of [the provider] patients died. This comprised the following number of deaths which occurred in each quarter of that reporting period: [number] in the first quarter; [number] in the second quarter; [number] in the third quarter; [number] in the fourth quarter. |
27.2 |
The number of deaths included in item 27.1 which the provider has subjected to a case record review or an investigation to determine what problems (if any) there were in the care provided to the patient, including a quarterly breakdown of the annual figure. |
By [date], [number] case record reviews and [number] investigations have been carried out in relation to [number] of the deaths included in item 27.1. In [number] cases a death was subjected to both a case record review and an investigation. The number of deaths in each quarter for which a case record review or an investigation was carried out was: [number] in the first quarter; [number] in the second quarter; [number] in the third quarter; [number] in the fourth quarter. |
27.3 |
An estimate of the number of deaths during the reporting period included in item 27.2 for which a case record review or investigation has been carried out which the provider judges as a result of the review or investigation were more likely than not to have been due to problems in the care provided to the patient (including a quarterly breakdown), with an explanation of the methods used to assess this. |
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