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<p>Private medical insurers do not provide care or treatment. However, they do purchase
services from independent sector providers who are responsible for delivering healthcare.
All providers of healthcare undertaking regulated activities, as defined in Schedule
1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014,
are regulated by the Care Quality Commission, and follow a set of fundamental standards
of safety and quality, while the health and care regulators are responsible for regulating
health and care professionals.</p><p>Regulations 9 and 12 of the 2014 regulations
set out the importance of person-centred care, and safe care and treatment. These
regulations have the intention of ensuring that people using a service have care or
treatment that is personalised specifically for them, preventing people from receiving
unsafe care and treatment, and thereby precluding avoidable harm or risk of harm.</p>
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