Modernisation & Quality and Safety
Vacant: inquiries to Christine Smyth in interim
Phone: (028) 9052 0703
Secretary - Telephone (028) 9052 0728
Key areas of responsibility include:
- providing and/or co-ordinating professional input and advice in relation to Modernisation of Services of Quality and Safety and, associated policy developments, including:
- Clinical and Social Care Governance;
- Care Standards;
- Regulations for regulated services;
- Review of Complaints Procedure;
- Controls Assurance and Governance Framework;
- Safety Framework;
- Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE);
- Regional and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA);
- Adverse Incidents - safety alerts;
- Serious Adverse Incidents (Adult - Social Care);
- Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network; and
- Schemes for the delegation of statutory functions;
- providing preliminary professional assessment of referrals to statutory list in relation to Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA)
- providing input in relation to policy development and professional issues with regard to:
- HPSS Complaints;
- Guidance on service user, carer and public involvement
- Health Promotion;
- HIV/Aids;
- Sexual Health (Adult); and
- Women's and gender issues;
- commissioning PSS Training in the Voluntary Sector, including the allocation and monitoring of funds, training activity and outcomes against PSS Training Strategy priorities;
- professional advice to other Policy Branches, other Government Departments, Agencies, statutory, voluntary, private sector and community sector organisations, where appropriate; and
- representing the OSS in a number of DHSSPS and external groupings related to the above areas of work.
