Overview
About the unit
The Inspectorate Unit safeguards the quality and safety of care by inspecting public and private hospitals and health facilities against national standards.
The unit supports licensing processes, documents compliance findings and follows up on corrective action with facility management.
Responsibilities
- Scheduled and unannounced inspection of hospitals and health facilities
- Assessing compliance with national standards for quality, safety and infection prevention
- Supporting facility licensing, registration and accreditation processes
- Issuing inspection findings, corrective action plans and follow-up verification
- Investigating serious incidents and complaints relating to hospital care
Key activities
- Annual inspection rounds of public and private hospitals
- Compliance verification and re-inspection visits
- Standards orientation sessions for facility managers
- Incident and complaint investigations
Resources
Downloads — policies, guidelines & reports
No documents have been published for this unit yet. Staff can upload policies, guidelines and reports from the content manager and tag them to this unit.