Bodies that inspect and monitor the trust
• Audit Commission
• Care Quality Commission
• Central South Coast Cancer network (cancer services accreditation)
• Clinical Pathology accreditation (CPA)
• Environmental Health Department (Wiltshire Council)
• Environment Agency
• Health Protection Agency
• Health and Safety Executive
• Health Service Ombudsman
• Hospital Episode Statistics which give an indication of clinical performance of the hospital Consultants
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
• MONITOR - Regulates NHS Foundation Trusts
• National Clinical Assessment Service
• National Confidential Enquiries into Patient Outcomes and Death (eg. NCEPOD), managed by the National Patient Safety Agency. Information can also be found at http://www.ncepod.org.uk/
or http://www.cemach.org.uk/
• National Patient Safety Agency is a special health authority which co-ordinates the efforts of the NHS to report and learn from adverse events.
• National patient and staff surveys
• NHS Litigation Authority undertake assessment of risk through clinical negligence scheme for Trusts and Controls Assurance standards. They also have responsibility for the family health services appeal authority.
Facilities and systems for monitoring the health professionals can be found at
Health Professionals Council
General Medical Council
National Audit Office
Human Tissue Authority
• Ofsted (regulatory body for the day nursery & holiday playscheme)
• The Performance assessment framework is used to 'Health Check' the Trust and includes performance indicators that the Trust is measured against. Information can be found at Care Quality Commission
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
• Human Tissue Authority (HTA)