Risk Management In Mental Health Services Page 9
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541.3 HSE Quality and Risk Management
Standard
The HSE is committed to the provision of safe, high quality health services.
Improving and maintaining the safety and quality of services requires
sustained commitment to continuous improvement from everyone involved
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in the health system. The HSE has issued a Quality and Risk Standard
that describes a framework for achieving high standards in clinical care
through the implementation of an integrated quality and risk management
system (HSE, 2007). The aim of the standard is to provide a common set
of requirements that will apply across all service providers to ensure that
health and social services are both safe and of an acceptable quality.
The Statement of Standard is: Healthcare quality and risk are effectively
managed through implementation of an integrated quality and risk
management system that ensures continuous quality improvement.
In providing for the establishment of an integrated quality, safety and risk
management framework in which existing statutory and policy obligations
can be met, the HSE Quality and Risk Management Standard describes
how excellence in clinical governance can be achieved and maintained.
The standard will drive improvements in patient safety and quality of care
and assist in preparing services for the inspection regime of the Inspector
of Mental Health Services.
Whilst the H SE Quality and Risk Standard applies to all health services,
there are additional legislative and regulatory requirements that are
specific to mental health services. In particular the Mental Health Act
2001 mandates the Mental Health Commission which has both regulatory
and advisory functions including the Inspectorate of Mental Health
Services and the preparation and oversight of regulations and codes of
practice for mental health services. Quality Framework, Mental Health
Services in Ireland prepared by the Mental Health Commission (2006)
should be read in conjunction with the HSE Quality and Risk Standard,
with particular attention to Standard 7.
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HSE (2007) Quality and Risk Standard Management Standard. Office of Quality and Risk .
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