Section 7: Regional support structures for healthcare quality and patient safety

As part of the tasks mentioned in e of 2° of Article L. 1431-2, the regional health agencies organise support for the quality of care and patient safety by setting up regional support structures.

The regional support structure for healthcare quality and patient safety helps the healthcare professionals concerned to analyse the reports of serious adverse events referred to in Article R. 1413-67 and thus contributes to informing the Director General of the Regional Health Agency about the conclusions to be drawn from them. It provides medical, technical and scientific expertise, particularly at the request of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency,…

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency appoints one or more coordinated regional support structures for healthcare quality and patient safety in the region, following a call for applications, for a period of five years, tacitly renewable. These structures, which have legal personality, comply with a set of specifications defined by order of the Minister for Health, specifying in particular the criteria for professional competence, independence of their work…

The regional healthcare quality and patient safety support structures designated under article R. 1413-76 are members of the regional vigilance and support network for their region mentioned in article R. 1413-62.

The regional support structure for healthcare quality and patient safety draws up a provisional annual work programme. It draws up an annual activity report by 31st March of the following calendar year. It submits this report to the regional health agency and the Haute Autorité de santé. This report is made public on the regional health agency’s website.