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Patient Safety in a reformed regulatory system
Monday 9 October 2006
The Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrew’s Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE

The conference considered
• Cross-Government reform of regulation: the work of the Better Regulation Executive
• The reform of profession-led healthcare regulation in light of the Chief Medical Officer’s Report ‘Good doctors, safer patients’ and the Department of Health’s review ‘The regulation of the non-medical healthcare professions’
• The Annual Health Check and the reform of private and voluntary healthcare regulation: the work of the Healthcare Commission
• The differing roles and responsibilities of employers/contractors and regulators in establishing, maintaining and raising standards
• Joined-up working between regulators and employers/contractors to promote safe practice
• Revalidation: ensuring ongoing fitness to practise
• Adverse incidents: learning from mistakes
• Multi-disciplinary teams and the operation and expansion of the Social Care Register

Speakers
Professor Sir Ian Kennedy (Healthcare Commission)
William Sargent (Executive Chair, Better Regulation Executive)
Jamie Rentoul, (Head of Strategy, Healthcare Commission)
Paul Buckley, (Director of Strategy and Planning, General Medical Council)
Sarah Thewlis (Chief Executive, Nursing and Midwifery Council)
Heather Wing OBE (Director of Regulation, General Social Care Council)
Professor Julie Stone (Deputy Director, Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence)
Alastair Henderson (Deputy Director, NHS Employers)
Matthew Calver (Head of Clinical Governance and Quality, BUPA)
Neil Grant, Partner (Bevan Brittan LLP)

Click here to download a set of slides from the conference.

Discussion documents
Good doctors, safer patients - the CMO's report
The regulation of the non-medical healthcare professions: a review by the Department of Health

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