Lessons from Europe: assuring quality through regulation

The systems designed to assure the quality of care in England are under intense scrutiny following serious failures of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 2005 and 2008. With the Francis report proposing far-reaching changes to how quality in the NHS is assured and regulated, a new briefing outlines key insights from the final Lessons from Europe seminar. The Lessons from Europe seminar series is organised jointly by LSE Health, the NHS European Office and the Health Services Research Network with funding from the ESRC.