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What is the Commission for Health Improvement?

Commission for Health Improvement, 1st Floor, Finsbury Tower, 103–105 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TG, UK

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Correspondence to:
C Lilburne;
Creina.Lilburne@chi.nhs.uk

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The Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) was set up by the 1999 Health Act to perform four core functions: to review the clinical governance^* arrangements in every NHS organisation in England and Wales; to review and monitor implementation of national service frameworks in partnership with the Audit Commission; to carry out investigations of NHS health providers where suspected serious service failings had occurred; and to issue advice and information. CHI is not a standard setting body, nor is it likely to become one. Rather, it looks to assess how well the NHS is measuring up to the standards that already exist within the health service and whether trusts have the processes and systems in place to meet those standards within a patient focused agenda.

The setting up of CHI was part of a shift away from measuring performance strictly on the basis of financial and activity . . . [Full text of this article]