Compliance Inspectorate

The purpose of the Compliance Inspectorate is to manage the inspection of health establishments to assess their compliance with national norms and standards, as prescribed by the Minister of Health.

The Compliance Inspectorate is responsible for conducting routine and additional inspections. Routine inspections are planned inspections, conducted as outlined in the Annual Inspection Strategy. Additional inspections comprise of risk-based, re-inspections as well as pilot inspections. Risk-based inspections are ad hoc, triggered by the Early Warning System (EWS), while pilot inspections are conducted during the inspection tool development process in partnership with HSDAS (Programme 4). Re-inspections are conducted for all health establishments found to be non-compliant during routine inspections. Such an inspection is conducted to check whether non-compliance has been remedied.

The outcomes of inspections are communicated to the Certification and Enforcement Unit. All health establishments found to be compliant are recommended for certification, while those found to be non-compliant are issued with a compliance notice. Health establishments found to be non-compliant after a re-inspection, are recommended for enforcement.