1. COUNTRY/REGION: SCOTLAND – Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Website of the supervisory organisation:
www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org
Is this website in English or partly in English?
Yes
Contact person(s)
Name and function Steven Wilson, Performance Assessment Manager
Address Delta house, 50 West Nile St, Glasgow, G1 2NP.
Email steven.wilson@nhs.net
Telephone number 0141 225 6863
Mobile phone 07989 548931
2. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s)
The Head of the Supervisory Organisation (name and function)
Dr Frances Elliot, Chief Executive
Size of the Supervisory Organisation:
Number of surveys in the last calendar year: |
63 inspection/reviews undertaken in 2011 |
Average days per site visit: |
1.5 days |
Average number of surveyors in a team: |
5 surveyors |
Number of surveyors available: |
Approx 3000 trained surveyors from across NHS Scotland |
Types of organisations surveyed in past full calendar year: |
NHS and independent healthcare organisations |
Number of employees: (specify full-time/part-time) |
Full time: 236 Part time: 59 |
Healthcare Improvement Scotland was set up on 1 April 2011 as a national health body that supports healthcare providers in Scotland to:
• deliver high quality, evidence-based, safe, effective and person-centred care, and
• scrutinise services to provide public assurance about the quality and safety of that care.
We took over the responsibilities of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) and include all the component parts of that organisation:
• the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate
• the Scottish Health Council
• the Scottish Health Technologies Group, and
• the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.
We also provide secretariat support to the Scottish Medicines Consortium which assesses the clinical and cost-effectiveness of newly licensed medicines.
In addition, we have responsibility for the regulation of independent healthcare services in Scotland, previously the responsibility of the Care Commission.
