Links

Risk management 

• Department of Health
• DNV are responsible for much of the day-to-day administration of the NHSLA risk management programme.
• The Healthcare Commission is responsible for the co-ordination of inspections in the NHS.
• The National Patient Safety Agency is responsible for monitoring all adverse incidents in the NHS, regardless of whether they are linked with a negligence claim.
• The Health Care Standards Unit (incorporating the Controls Assurance Support Unit) provides advice and support on implementing the Department of Health’s controls assurance requirements. The Unit is also responsible for maintaining and evaluating the new Department of Health Standards for Better Health.
• The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain.
• The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is a registered charity which provides information, advice, resources and training to promote safety in all areas of life. 
• The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency promotes public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness, and are used safely.
• The National Institute for Clinical Excellence makes recommendations on treatments and care using the best available evidence.
  
• MPS Risk Consulting, part of the Medical Protection Society, provides specialist risk management consultancy and advice to primary and secondary care organisations. 
  
• The Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (CFSMS) is responsible for all policy and operational matters relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud and corruption and the management of security in the NHS.
  
• The Healthcare Concordat website has been developed to support the implementation of the Concordat between bodies inspecting, regulating and auditing healthcare to which the NHSLA is a signatory. 

Human rights 

• The Audit Commission carries out national research designed to promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness in local public services. In September 2003 it published a report on how public bodies have responded to the Human Rights Act.
• The Department of Health human rights pages provide questions and answers on the HRA.
• The Department for Constitutional Affairs provides detailed information and advice on the HRA.
• The European Court of Human Rights website provides information about its work, together with a database of its judgments.