http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/431/part/IVThe Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-15Expert Participation2022-04-01 The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003art. 15(2)(e)(f)Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022Sch. 3 para. 62s. 160(1) The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 PART IV341... Each HSC trust shall put and keep in place arrangements for the purpose of monitoring and improving the quality of—athe health and social care which it provides to individuals; andbthe environment in which it provides that care .2The Department may by regulations extend the duty in this Article to any special agency specified in the regulations.351The RQIA shall have the following functions—athe function of conducting reviews of, and making reports on, arrangements by statutory bodies for the purpose of monitoring and improving the quality of the health and social care for which they have responsibility;bthe function of carrying out investigations into, and making reports on, the management, provision or quality of the health and social care for which statutory bodies have responsibility;cthe function of conducting reviews of, and making reports on, the management, provision or quality of, or access to or availability of, particular types of health and social care for which statutory bodies or service providers have responsibility;dthe function of carrying out inspections of statutory bodies and service providers, and persons who provide or are to provide services for which such bodies or providers have responsibility, and making reports on the inspections; andesuch functions as may be prescribed relating to the management, provision or quality of, or access to or availability of, services for which prescribed statutory bodies or prescribed service providers have responsibility.2The inspections referred to in paragraph (1)(d) are to be carried out only in connection with the function referred to in paragraph (1)(c).3If after carrying out—aa review under paragraph (1)(a);ban investigation under paragraph (1)(b);cany function equivalent to one referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) prescribed under paragraph (1)(e); ordan inspection under paragraph (1)(d),the RQIA is of the view referred to in paragraph (4) as to a body, service provider or other person reviewed, investigated or inspected (taking account, if appropriate, of any other relevant information the Authority may have), the RQIA must make a report of its view to the Department.4The view referred to is that—athe health and social care for which the body or service provider in question has responsibility are of unacceptably poor quality (whether generally or in particular areas); orbthere are significant failings in the way the body, service provider or other person is being run (including, where the service provider or other person is an individual, the way his practice is being run).5In its report, the RQIA may recommend that the Department take special measures in relation to the body or service provider in question with a view to improving the health and social care for which it is responsible or the way the body, service provider or other person (or, as mentioned in paragraph (4)(b), his practice), is being run.6The report must give the RQIA 's reasons for its view, and for any recommendation under paragraph (5).7For the purposes of this Article a person has responsibility for health and social care—aif he provides or is to provide those services to individuals; orbif another person provides or is to provide those services to individuals—iat his direction,iion his behalf, oriiiin accordance with an agreement or arrangements made by him with that other person.8References in paragraph (7) to the provision of health and social care include references to the provision of those services jointly with another person.9In this Article—“statutory body” means ... an HSC trust or a special agency;“statutory function” means a function conferred by or under any statutory provision.Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2Words in Order substituted (11.4.2014) by Health and Social Care (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 5), Sch. para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. para. 1(2))Words in art. 34(1) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 200(a); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)Words in art. 34(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 200(b); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)Words in art. 35(9) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 201; S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)