The Care Quality Commission (Registration and Membership) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Amendments to the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009

2.  In regulations 16(4) (notification of death of service user) and 18(4) (notification of other incidents) of the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009(1), for the reference to “the National Patient Safety Agency” substitute “the NHS Commissioning Board Authority established under article 2 of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011”(2).

(1)

S.I. 2009/3112, as prospectively amended by S.I. 2012/921.

(2)

The NHS Commissioning Board Authority was established under article 2 of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2237). From 1st June 2012, the NHS Commissioning Board Authority is to be responsible for the functions currently carried out by the National Patient Safety Agency, established under article 2 of the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1743), in relation to the National Reporting and Learning System. Under this system deaths or serious incidents may be reported by a health service body, as defined in regulation 2 of S.I. 2009/3112, to the National Patient Safety Agency instead of to the Care Quality Commission.