The Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
These Regulations amend the Care Quality Commission (Additional Functions) Regulations 2011 (“the 2011 Regulations”), which give the Care Quality Commission a duty upon application to review a decision made pursuant to the High Security Psychiatric Services (Arrangements for Safety and Security and Security) Directions 2013 (“the 2013 Directions”) to:withhold an item delivered or brought to a high security hospital for a patient;withhold internal post sent by a patient in a high security hospital to another patient in the same hospital or a member of staff in that hospital; ormonitor and record a telephone conversation made by a patient in such a hospital.