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We published this page as part of our previous approach to regulating independent healthcare services. We are reviewing its content to make sure it is up-to-date.
We look at 15 types of service when we inspect independent acute hospitals.
Our inspectors use the frameworks published here to guide their inspections.
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: hospices for adults
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: hospices for children
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: teleradiology (last updated 31 December 2019)
Inspection framework - hospitals: critical care (last updated 23 December 2019)
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: cosmetic surgery only (last updated 14 May 2020)
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: medical care (last updated 15 February 2018)
Inspection framework - hospitals: urgent and emergency services (last updated 23 December 2019)
Inspection framework - acute and independent healthcare: outpatients
Inspection framework – NHS IH maternity (last updated 25 March 2020)
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: termination of pregnancy (last updated 8 January 2020)
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: refractive eye surgery (last updated 02 June 2020)
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: hyperbaric oxygen therapy (last updated 02 June 2020)
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: medicine - dialysis (last updated 02 June 2020)
Inspection framework - independent hospitals: endoscopy (last updated 31 December 2019)