Practice 4.2 Long term evaluation of cost and benefit

Examples of notable practice:

Evaluation of costs and benefits

The aim is for all signatories to have in place individual programmes of evaluation, and also for the Concordat group as a whole to be able to report on the overall costs and benefits of the regulatory regime.  We have completed a review of current approaches to evaluation and drafted a report with recommendations for future convergence, now under discussion by group members. We have commissioned academic research into the available evidence for costs and benefits of healthcare inspection. This will also provide evidence on the best ways to take forward evaluation programmes. As a first example, the Healthcare Commission has produced a long-term evaluation strategy covering all its activities.
Evaluating the costs and benefits of healthcare inspection, audit and regulation in England - a review of current evidence and methods (pdf 188kb)
NAO guide on cost benefit analysis (pdf 734kb)

Regulatory impact assessment

The Healthcare Commission has developed a draft Regulatory Impact Assessment for its new Annual Healthcheck. The Regulatory Impact Assessment will be used as a template for others to use when developing new inspection programmes.
www.healthcarecommission.org.uk/assetRoot/04/01/68/81/04016881.pdf (opens new window)