Siriwardena, A. Niroshan (2008) Regulating primary care: regulation as the guardian of quality. Quality in Primary Care, 16 (4). pp. 223-224. ISSN 1479-1072

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Abstract

Primary care has entered an era of unprecedented regulation. Paraphrasing Juvenal, ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ will we know if regulation will be the guardian of quality and whether it leads to improvement rather than stagnation or even deterioration in healthcare? The regulation of the medical profession has accelerated following the Bristol and the Shipman enquiries amongst others. Recent high profile reports have set the tone for development of regulatory systems over the next century involving medical and other healthcare professions. As changes in structure and function of professional bodies and new systems for revalidation, recertification and relicensure are being developed it is timely that this themed issue focuses on professional regulation in primary care.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Primary care has entered an era of unprecedented regulation. Paraphrasing Juvenal, ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ will we know if regulation will be the guardian of quality and whether it leads to improvement rather than stagnation or even deterioration in healthcare? The regulation of the medical profession has accelerated following the Bristol and the Shipman enquiries amongst others. Recent high profile reports have set the tone for development of regulatory systems over the next century involving medical and other healthcare professions. As changes in structure and function of professional bodies and new systems for revalidation, recertification and relicensure are being developed it is timely that this themed issue focuses on professional regulation in primary care.
Keywords:	quality improvement, Primary care, general practice, Regulation
Subjects:	B Subjects allied to Medicine > B990 Subjects Allied to Medicine not elsewhere classified A Medicine and Dentistry > A300 Clinical Medicine
Divisions:	College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > Lincoln School of Health & Social Care
Depositing User:	Alison Wilson
Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2010 19:20
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 08:47
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/3372

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