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1.    COUNTRY/REGION: LITHUANIA

Website of the supervisory organisation: www.vmai.lt   

Is this website in English or partly in English? yes...........................................

      Contactperson(s)

o   Name and function

Ramune Navickiene, Director, State  Medical Audit Inspectorate under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania     

Address A.Smetonos str. 5, LT-01115 Vilnius, Lithuania

                  Email        r.navickiene@vmai.lt          

      Telephone number +370 5 2 16 99 34 Mobile phone .............................

o   Name and function

Vaida Momkuviene, Chief specialist, State  Medical Audit Inspectorate under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania         

Address A.Smetonos str. 5, LT-01115 Vilnius, Lithuania.

      Email v.momkuviene@vmai.lt

      Telephone number +370 5 2 16 99 34 .Mobile phone ............................

2.    THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s)

The Head of the Supervisory Organisation (name and function)

Ramune Navickiene, Director, State  Medical Audit Inspectorate under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania     

o   Size of the Supervisory Organisation:

Number of inspections/supervisions:  258 inspections (in 2010)

or number of inspectors: 15 inspectors

 or number of full time equivalents of people working in the organisation;number of hospitals or health institutions under supervision.................................................................

o   Number of people working in the organisation

28 persons

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o   Other relevant information about the Supervisory Organisation in your

country or region ..................................................................................

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Relation with the Department of Health

The State  Medical Audit Inspectorate was established by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania.

o   Web address: www.sam.lt

3.      THE SCOPE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s)

o   Is there supervision on health care in general? yes

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o   Is there supervision on hospitals? yes

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o   Is there supervision on other health care institutions like nursing homes/

convalescent homes? yes

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o   Is there supervision on the production and the use of medicines?

No, another supervisory organization

o   Is there a supervisory relation with health care professionals?

If yes, what kind of relation?...............................................................

 to provide a proposal to the Ministry of Health to check the health-care professionals professional competence

 Other relevant information about the scope of the supervisory organisation.

4.    METHODS OF INSPECTATION OR SUPERVISION

What methods of inspection or supervision are used in your country/region?

The State Medical Audit Inspectorate performs state control and examination of the quality of health care servises, rendered by all kinds of legal persons as well as natural persons, engaged in personal healthcare activities (investigation of complaints, incidents, planned audits).

o   Other information about the methods of inspection in your country /region

The State Medical Audit Inspection operates a quality management system implemented in accordance with the international standard EN ISO 9001:2001 requirements.

5.    WHAT IS THE COMPETENCE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION IN YOUR COUNTRY?

o   Is the supervisory organisation entitled to use compulsory measures

(sanction/repression/enforcement)? yes

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o   Is the supervisory organisation entitled to take precautions and implement measures to prevent accidents or incidents? yes

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o   Does the supervisory organisation have the authority to close institutions

or stop non proper healthcare? yes ...................................................................................................................

o   Is the supervisory organisation allowed to interfere in other ways?............

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If yes, in what way? mandatory instructions, recommendations....................

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o   Other relevant information about the competence of the supervisory organisation.................................................................................................

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6.    INTERESTING ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR COUNTRY/REGION