Advocacy for implementation of minimum standards in private nursing homes

The main activities under advocacy involve organizing training workshops, campaigns and provide focused inputs to support the Maharashtra government's initiative for implementing the Bombay Nursing Home Registration Act, an act meant for regulation of private medical sector ; to use assessment obtained from research to develop a framework for regulation of the healthcare system, advocacy initiatives on the need for minimum standards for quality care, self-regulation and accreditation in each district of Maharashtra for medical professionals, their associations and consumer groups and documentation of the training and advocacy initiatives as modules which can be used in other states to replicate this process. Training workshops are being conducted jointly by CEHAT, Association of Medical Consultants (AMC) and Bombay Nursing Home Owners Association in Mumbai and selected districts of Maharashtra.

Report of the First Training Workshop on the Regulation of the Private Health sector held on 28th October 2007