Brief Summary
The Ministry of Health is introducing uniform national quality standards for healthcare facility registration, licensing, accreditation, inspection, and categorization. This initiative aims to ensure evidence-based quality improvement and benchmarking against global best practices. The approach emphasizes a rights-based framework, explicitly protecting patient rights and responsibilities, including informed consent, safety, confidentiality, and grievance redress.
Uniform National Quality Standards
The Ministry of Health is implementing uniform national quality standards for the registration, licensing, accreditation, inspection, and categorization of healthcare facilities. This initiative is designed to ensure quality improvement based on evidence and to benchmark against the best practices worldwide. The ministry believes that a rights-based approach to healthcare is essential, as it explicitly protects patient rights and responsibilities. These rights include informed consent, safety, confidentiality, and mechanisms for grievance redress.
