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Absent voices compromise the effectiveness of nursing home regulation — a critique of regulatory reform in the UK nursing home industry
Author(s)	Susan H Kerrison, Allyson M Pollock
Journal title	Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 9, no 6, November 2001
Pages	pp 490-494
Keywords	Nursing homes ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; Performance ; Consumer ; Social policy.
Annotation	There has been consistent pressure over the last decade for healthcare services in the UK to become more accountable to users. Now, more than half of healthcare beds in England are in the privatised nursing home sector. Regulation of the sector is being reformed, yet requirements for user accountability have not been reflected in the reforms. In other sectors, consumer involvement in regulatory agencies and processes is seen as important to the success of the regulatory enterprise. But in the care sector, neither users nor their representatives have been given legal rights of involvement in the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC). This paper argues that failure to involve users not only places the regulation enterprise at risk of capture by the industry, but will also weaken the Commission's legitimacy. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020109217 A
Classmark	LHB: Q3: 5H: WY: TM2
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