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Difference between revisions of "Directing Residential Care Concerns to Health Authorities"

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===What can a Patient Care Quality Review Board review?===
===What can a Patient Care Quality Review Board review?===


([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|14]]) The boards can review:
The boards can review:
   
   
* complaints about the quality of any health care service under the jurisdiction of the health authorities (these complaints must first have been addressed by a health authority’s local Patient Care Quality Office),  
* complaints about the quality of any health care service under the jurisdiction of the health authorities (these complaints must first have been addressed by a health authority’s local Patient Care Quality Office),  
* complaints about services that were expected, but were not delivered by the health authority,
* complaints about services that were expected, but were not delivered by the health authority,
* complaints that have not been addressed by the Patient Care Quality Office within 40 business days, and  
* complaints that have not been addressed by the Patient Care Quality Office within 40 business days, and  
* matters directed by the Minister of Health.
* matters directed by the Minister of Health. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|14]])


There are a number of legal matters related to care quality that the Review Board ''will not review''. For residential care, these include complaints about:
There are a number of legal matters related to care quality that the Review Board ''will not review''. For residential care, these include complaints about:
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* a decision of the Community Care and Assisted Living Act Appeal Board. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|15]])   
* a decision of the Community Care and Assisted Living Act Appeal Board. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|15]])   


It is unclear whether unreviewable Licensing "decisions" might include Licensing not responding to (or deciding to not investigate) a complaint.
It is unclear whether "unreviewable Licensing decisions" might include Licensing not responding to (or deciding to not investigate) a complaint.


The Review Board also cannot hear certain matters related to:
The Review Board also cannot hear certain matters related to: