CARE QUALITY
COMMISSION News Release (PR 03) issued by COI News Distribution
Service. 18 November 2008
Four appointments
have been made to the senior management team of the Care Quality Commission.
* Jill Finney has been appointed Director of Engagement
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Richard Hamblin has been appointed Director of Intelligence.
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Gary Needle has been appointed Director of Methods
* Jamie
Rentoul has been appointed Director of Regulation & Strategy
Jill Finney is currently Director of Strategic Marketing and
Communications at the British Library. Before joining the British
Library in 2001, she was: National Marketing Director and Member
of Global Marketing Council for Ernst & Young.
Richard Hamblin is currently Head of Information Policy at the
Healthcare Commission. Before joining the Healthcare Commission he
was Business Analysis Manager, East Sussex, Brighton and Hove
Health Authority. He has also worked for the Kings Fund.
Gary Needle is currently Head of Assessment and Methods at the
Healthcare Commission. His previous posts include Chief Executive
of Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust and Executive
Director of West Sussex Health Authority.
Jamie Rentoul is currently Head of Strategy at the Healthcare
Commission. Before joining the Healthcare Commission Jamie was
Executive Director of Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
(formerly called the Performance and Innovation Unit) based in the
Cabinet Office and Head of the NHS Waiting List team at the
Department of Health.
Cynthia Bower, Chief executive of the Care Quality Commission
said: "I am delighted that Jill, Richard Gary and Jamie and
will be joining us. They will bring a vast amount of knowledge and
experience to the CQC and will help us ensure a smooth transition.
"We are in the process of recruiting a further three
Directors who will bring a range of experience from across social
care, mental health and health care and give a us a management
team fully equipped to deliver our vision of making care better
for everyone."
Notes to Editors:
1. The Care Quality Commission was established by the Health and
Social Care Act 2008 to regulate the quality of health and adult
social care and look after the interests of people detained under
the Mental Health Act.
It will bring together the Commission
for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the
Mental Health Act Commission. The Care Quality Commission became a
legal entity on 1 October 2008 and takes up its responsibilities
for the quality of health and adult social care on 1 April 2009.
The Care Quality Commission's manifesto, which sets out its
vision and values, can be found at http://www.cqc.org.uk
2. The management structure of the CQC has been developed by
looking at current structures, job roles and plans in the existing
three commissions, taking views from people in the existing
commissions and comparing our ideas on structure with similar
organisations such as Ofcom, Ofsted, the Commission for Equality
and Human Rights and the Audit Commission.