Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 1186
National Health Service, England
Social Care, England
Public Health, England
The Care Quality Commission (Registration and Membership) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
30th April 2012
Laid before Parliament
3rd May 2012
Coming into force
1st June 2012
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20 and 161(3) of, and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 1 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2008( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Care Quality Commission (Registration and Membership) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st June 2012.
Amendments to the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009
2. In regulations 16(4) (notification of death of service user) and 18(4) (notification of other incidents) of the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009( 2 ), for the reference to “the National Patient Safety Agency” substitute “the NHS Commissioning Board Authority established under article 2 of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011”( 3 ).
Amendments to the Care Quality Commission (Membership) Regulations 2008
3. In the Care Quality Commission (Membership) Regulations 2008( 4 )—
(a) in regulation 2 (members of the Care Quality Commission), for “not more than ten” substitute “not more than twelve”; and
(b) omit paragraph 27 of the Schedule to those Regulations (grounds for disqualification).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Simon Burns
Minister of State,
Department of Health
30th April 2012
2008 c.14 . “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 97(1).
S.I. 2009/3112 , as prospectively amended by S.I. 2012/921 .
The NHS Commissioning Board Authority was established under article 2 of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2011 ( S.I. 2011/2237 ). From 1st June 2012, the NHS Commissioning Board Authority is to be responsible for the functions currently carried out by the National Patient Safety Agency, established under article 2 of the National Patient Safety Agency (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2001 ( S.I. 2001/1743 ), in relation to the National Reporting and Learning System. Under this system deaths or serious incidents may be reported by a health service body, as defined in regulation 2 of S.I. 2009/3112 , to the National Patient Safety Agency instead of to the Care Quality Commission.
S.I. 2008/2252 , to which a relevant amendment has been made by regulation 2(2) of S.I. 2011/2547 .