Ocean Clinic Ltd has been registered by the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (known as The Healthcare Commission) under the care Standards Act 2000 as amended by the Health and Social care Act 2003.

• Service number: 0000062548
• Date of registration: 24 September 2007
• Responsible Individual: Dr Andrew Seaman
• Registered Manager: Geoff Dennis
• Description of Establishment: Independent Health
• Service Category:  Independent Hospital
• Service User Categories: Prescribed techniques or prescribed technology - establishments using Class 3B or Class 4 lasers
  

 

The Healthcare Commission is an independent body, set up to promote and drive improvement in the quality of healthcare and public health.

They aim to do this by becoming an authoritative and trusted source of information and by ensuring that this information is used to drive improvement.

Why they exist....

Inspect
To inspect the quality and value for money of healthcare and public health

Inform
To equip patients and the public with the best possible information about the provision of healthcare

Improve
To promote improvements in healthcare and public health

Their main duties in England are to:

• assess the management, provision and quality of NHS healthcare and public health services
• review the performance of each NHS trust and award an annual performance rating
• regulate the independent healthcare sector through registration, annual inspection, monitoring complaints and enforcement
• publish information about the state of healthcare
• consider complaints about NHS organisations that the organisations themselves have not resolved
• promote the coordination of reviews and assessments carried out by ourselves and others
• carry out investigations of serious failures in the provision of healthcare.

In carrying out their duties, they are required to pay particular attention to:

• the availability of, access to, quality and effectiveness of healthcare
• the economy and efficiency of the provision of healthcare
• the availability and quality of information provided to the public about healthcare
• the need to safeguard and promote the rights and welfare of children and the effectiveness of measures taken to do so

More information is available at The Healthcare Commission website http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/aboutus.cfm

 

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