David Behan

Sir David Behan
CBE
Former Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission
In office
8 June 2012 – 1 July 2018
Prime Minister David Cameron(2012-2016)
Theresa May(2016)
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
Personal details
Alma mater Bradford University
Website David's profile on CQC's website

Sir David Behan CBE was the chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, an appointment he held from 2012 to July 2018.[1][2] He was formerly the Department of Health's director general for social care, local government and care partnerships.[3] He was the Director of Adult Social Services in the London Borough of Greenwich from 1996 to 2003.[4] In 2004 he was appointed a CBE for services to social care.[1]

He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the seventh most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013,[5] and in 2015 the fifth.[6]

In January 2014 he threw his weight behind a wide definition for the statutory duty of candour which was recommended by the Francis Report.[7] The Government originally intended the duty to be limited to cases of “severe harm” – when a patient had been killed or left permanently disabled, as a wider reporting requirement could inundate organisations with unnecessary bureaucracy. The CQC estimates there are about 11,000 incidents of severe harm per year, and up to 100,000 incidents of serious harm, although there may be significant under reporting of both. The charity Action Against Medical Accidents has been campaigning for a wide definition[8] and Behan made it clear that he was supporting them.

Behan was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to health and care.[9]

Views

Behan wants to see more investment in Social care in England. He maintains 1.2 million older people who need help with basic care for washing, dressing, eating are not getting it. Behan stated, “What’s disappointing, I have to say, is we’ve not seen a similar investment [to the NHS] in social care. The creation of the NHS by Attlee and [Aneurin] Bevan in 1948 took remarkable political courage and I think there will need to be remarkable political courage to [put] adult social care [on a stable footing]. What we now need is a long-term funding settlement for social care which sits alongside the long-term funding settlement for the NHS.” Behan also wants to see increased funding for mental health services.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/david-behan-cbe-appointed-chief-executive-at-cqc
  2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/11/cqc-david-behan-care-safer-quality-better
  3. ↑ https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/stories/sir-david-behan-announces-intention-step-down-summer
  4. ↑ http://www.healthinparliament.org.uk/people/david-behan-cbe
  5. ↑ "HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "HSJ100 2015". Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "CQC chief executive backs wider duty of candour". Health Service Journal. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Legal Duty of Candour - 'Robbie's Law'". Action Against Medical Accidents. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N2.
  10. ↑ May needs to show courage of Attlee to fix social care, says CQC chief The Guardian
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