1. COUNTRY/REGION: SLOVENIA. |
Website of the supervisory organisation: www.zi.gov.si/en/ |
Is this website in English or partly in English? Yes, partly in English. |
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Contactperson(s) |
o Name and function: Eva Kompan, Inspector |
Address: Parmova 33, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Email: Eva.Kompan@gov.si |
Telephone number: +38612803806 |
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o Name and function: Vera Ovsenek, Inspector |
Address: Parmova 33, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Email. Vera.Ovsenek@gov.si |
Telephone number: +38612803821. |
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2. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s) |
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o The Head of the Supervisory Organisation (name and function) |
DUNJA SEVER, medical doctor |
o Size of the Supervisory Organisation: |
Number of inspections/supervisions or number of inspectors or number of full time equivalents of people working in the organisation; number of hospitals or health institutions under supervision; FULL TIME EQUIVALENT of people working in the health department: 14 |
o Number of people working in the organisation 155 (the whole HIRS) |
o Other relevant information about the Supervisory Organisation in your |
country or region: HIRS covers many scopes and is devided into departments. One of the depatments is the one dealing with health (for which is the above FTE, the number of people working in the organisation is for all departments). |
o Relation with the Department of Health: Health Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia (HIRS) is a constituent body of the Ministry of Health. |
o Web address: http://www.mz.gov.si/en/. |
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3. THE SCOPE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION(s) |
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o Is there supervision on health care in general? Yes. |
o Is there supervision on hospitals? Yes. |
o Is there supervision on other health care institutions like nursing homes/ |
convalescent homes? Yes. |
o Is there supervision on the production and the use of medicines? |
No. |
o Is there a supervisory relation with health care professionals? Yes |
If yes, what kind of relation? The Medical chamber of Slovenia asseses the expert competence of doctors, issues licenses and supervises the expert actions, while the Health inspectorate has the competence of requring the information also from the health professionals that is necessary for the inspection purposes and assesses of compliance with the law. |
o Other relevant information about the scope of the supervisory organisation. |
HIRS covers other scopes such as communicable diseases, wholesomeness and safety of food, drinking water, mineral waters, food contact articles and materials, restriction of alcohol consumption, cosmetic products, toys, tobacco, tobacco products, bathing waters, health and hygiene safety in the filed of health care, child care, schooling, education, hygiene care, social care and general product safety within the competencies, patient rights, mental health and general practitioner services . |
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4. METHODS OF INSPECTATION OR SUPERVISION |
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o What methods of inspection or supervision are used in your country/region? |
The supervision is performed by announced visits, unannounced visits, document checking and sampling. The triggers for inspection supervision are: individual complaints, own initiative based on risk evaluation derived on experience from previous supervisory activities, inter service resignation, notice of the media. |
o Other information about the methods of inspection in your country /region |
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5. WHAT IS THE COMPETENCE OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGANISATION IN YOUR COUNTRY? |
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o Is the supervisory organisation entitled to use compulsory measures |
o (sanction/repression/enforcement)? Yes. |
o Is the supervisory organisation entitled to take precautions and implement measures to prevent accidents or incidents? Yes. |
o Does the supervisory organisation have the authority to close institutions |
o or stop non proper healthcare? Yes. |
o Is the supervisory organisation allowed to interfere in other ways? No. |
o If yes, in what way? .................................................................................... |
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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 |
Healthcare reform in progress. |
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