News item | 22-05-2023 | 15:41
The Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) will start monitoring the population screening for breast cancer. Every year, 1.3 million inhabitants of the Netherlands between the ages of 50 and 75 receive an invitation for the population screening for breast cancer. To get an idea of the quality and participation, the IGJ visits various locations where this research is being carried out.
With this supervision, the Inspectorate wants to work on promoting, monitoring and protecting public health in the Netherlands. Population screening for breast cancer makes it possible to discover earlier whether someone has breast cancer. This way fewer people die from this disease. The treatment is also often less invasive. It is also important that everyone with a risk of breast cancer has equal access to this preventive care.
Inspection visits
During the visits, the Inspectorate checks, among other things, whether care providers and participants can easily report incidents or submit a complaint. The board must have a good idea of the quality and safety of the research. In addition, participants must be able to rely on the knowledge and skills of the healthcare provider.
Various healthcare providers are involved in the population screening. That is why the Inspectorate also checks whether there is good cooperation with those care providers.
Assessment framework
With its supervision, the Inspectorate wants to encourage compliance with the Healthcare Quality, Complaints and Disputes Act (Wkkgz), the Population Screening Act (Wbo) and field standards. It also provides a basis for the supervision of other population screening programmes.
For this supervision, the Inspectorate uses the assessment framework ‘Supervision of the quality of the breast cancer screening programme’. The testing framework is still under development. If necessary, the Inspectorate can adjust the assessment framework. The Inspectorate shares the results of this supervision in order to learn and improve care.
2023-05-22 13:47:07
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