RQIA definition
Examples of RQIA in a sentence
For Residents who are admitted from hospital or at short notice, guidance issued by RQIA should be adhered to.
RQIA and the SCC will endeavour to give each other at least 24 hours’ notice of, and sufficient information about, any planned public announcements on issues relevant to the other organisation, including the sharing of draft proposals and publications where specific concerns are identified.
RQIA and HSCB acknowledge the responsibilities and functions of each other and will take account of these when working together.
Subsequently the Home is required to bring to the attention of the Trust any Serious Adverse Incident arising during the course of business and also any incident which requires to be notified to the Regulation Quality and Improvement Authority (RQIA), or the police.
This only applies to only those settings which fall under the regulatory remit of RQIA.
The RQIA and SSC will routinely, using identified mechanisms, share intelligence emerging from inspection and workforce regulation processes as part of their ongoing commitment to raising standards and driving improvement within social work and social care services and practices.
Where ISCAS or the RQIA encounters any personal data breach involving any shared information and data, they will as soon as possible notify, in writing, the relevant data protection guardian for the other party and make all other notifications as may be required in accordance with the relevant legislation, codes of practice or policies.
ISCAS and RQIA are committed to a working relationship which ensures high standards of quality and safety within the independent healthcare sector and is characterised by the following principles: The need to make decisions which promote patient safety and high quality healthcare.
RQIA is the independent body responsible for monitoring and inspecting the availability and quality of health and social care services in Northern Ireland, and encouraging improvement in the quality of those services.
Both ISCAS and RQIA are committed to exploring ways to develop increasingly more effective and efficient partnership working to promote quality and safety within their respective regulatory remits.