Our Constitution

Vision

Providing independent assurance, promoting best practice and improving health and social care outcomes for the people of Jersey.

Purpose

We were appointed as a Health and Social Care Commission to:

Provide the people of Jersey with independent assurance about the quality safety and effectiveness of their health and social care services
Promote and support best practice in the delivery of health and social care by setting high standards and challenging poor performance
Work with service users and their families and carers to improve their experience of health and social care and achieve better outcomes.

Values

A person centred approach
We put the needs and the voices of people using health and social care services at the heart of everything we do

Integrity
We will be objective and impartial in our dealings with people and organisations

Openness and accountability
We will act fairly and transparently, and will be responsible for our actions

Efficiency and excellence
We strive to continually improve and provide the best possible quality and value from our work

Engagement
We will work together with, and seek the views of, those using, providing, funding and planning health and social care services in developing all aspects of our work.

How We Do It

We adopt Right-touch regulation principles identified by the Better Regulation Executive and the Professional Standards Authority of:

Proportionality

Regulators should only intervene when necessary. Remedies should be appropriate to the risk posed, and costs identified and minimised.

Consistency

Rules and standards must be joined up and implemented fairly.

Targeting

Regulation should be focused on the problem and minimise side effects.

Transparency

Regulators should be open, and keep regulations simple and user friendly.

Accountability

Regulators must be able to justify decisions and be subject to public scrutiny.

Agility

Regulation must look forward and be able to adapt to anticipate change.