OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

At the Health Regulation Authority, our strategic priorities are guided by a commitment to strengthening the healthcare system in the Turks and Caicos Islands and ensuringthe well-being of all residents. By focusing on key areas that promote safety, quality, and accessibility, we aim to build a resilient healthcare environment that meets the highest standards and healthcare quality measurement. These priorities reflect our dedication topublic/private collaboration, enhancing oversight, and supporting sustainable growth within the healthcare sector, ultimately creating a foundation for better health outcomes for everyone in our community.

 

Our strategic priorities support the TCI’s Government alignment with the post-2015, United Nations Development agenda preparations. It highlights our governments focus to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of 2030, particularly SDG 3 which brings into sharp focus the need to ensure healthy lives and to promote wellbeing for all residents of the TCI, at all socioeconomic levels.

 

Our priority objectives are:

 

Objective 1
Regulation of the entire healthcare system (i.e., the provision of healthcare by Government and private institutions in the Turks and Caicos Islands) as an independent health regulator.

 

Objective 2
Underpinning the capacity (through collaborative engagements with statutory and other mandated affiliations) to:

• Regulate healthcare facilities, spas and service delivery;

• Facilitate health appeals tribunal decisions; and

• Audit the National Health Insurance Plan referrals process; the referrals made; the decisions and outcomes arising from those referrals and facilitate the final review of grievances emanating from the same

 

Objective 3
Supply advice relative to:

• The Mental Health and Substance Dependence Department – regarding a hospital for the admission, assessment and treatment of persons who suffer from mental disorders; residential care establishment management regulations; and temporary accommodations for a piece of safety and rehabilitation center;

• Review and oversight of the private-public partnership hospital contractual execution, between the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and InterHealth Canada Ltd.