the Commission for Health Improvement

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The Commission for Health Improvement was a former independent body in the United Kingdom responsible for monitoring and improving the quality of care in the National Health Service (NHS).

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf healthcare regulator ⓘ
non‑departmental public body ⓘ
public body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryServed England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
dissolutionLegislation Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 ⓘ
dissolutionReason functions transferred to Healthcare Commission ⓘ
dissolved 2004 ⓘ
hasActivity clinical governance review visits ⓘ
follow‑up monitoring of NHS organisations ⓘ
publication of performance indicators ⓘ
thematic investigations into NHS services ⓘ
hasCharacteristic evidence‑based assessment of services ⓘ
independent of day‑to‑day NHS management ⓘ
public reporting of findings ⓘ
hasGoal improving quality of care in the NHS ⓘ
protecting patients through independent review ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility conducting clinical governance reviews of NHS organisations ⓘ
developing national standards and indicators for NHS quality ⓘ
investigating serious service failures in the NHS ⓘ
monitoring quality of care in the NHS ⓘ
providing advice on improving quality of care ⓘ
publishing reports on NHS performance and quality ⓘ
reviewing NHS clinical governance arrangements ⓘ
hasRegulatoryScope NHS primary care services ⓘ
NHS trusts ⓘ
linked to: NHS organisations

health authorities ⓘ
primary care trusts ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
inception 1999 ⓘ
industry healthcare ⓘ
isIndependentOf NHS commissioning bodies ⓘ
linked to: NHS organisations

NHS service providers ⓘ
linked to: NHS organisations
legalBasis Health Act 1999 ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
operatedInSystem National Health Service in England ⓘ
National Health Service in Wales ⓘ
linked to: NHS Wales
parentOrganization Department of Health (United Kingdom) ⓘ
partOf NHS quality assurance framework ⓘ
precededBy internal NHS clinical governance arrangements only ⓘ
replacedBy Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection ⓘ
Healthcare Commission ⓘ
sector National Health Service ⓘ
shortName CHI ⓘ
startOfOperations 2000 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Health Act 1999 → introduced → the Commission for Health Improvement ⓘ
Care Quality Commission → formedByMergerOf → Healthcare Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: CQC
linked to: the Commission for Health Improvement
Care Quality Commission → predecessor → Healthcare Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: CQC
linked to: the Commission for Health Improvement
Commission for Health Improvement → replacedBy → Healthcare Commission ⓘ
linked to: the Commission for Health Improvement
Commission for Health Improvement → replacedBy → Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection ⓘ
linked to: the Commission for Health Improvement