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Enhancing Inspections: Balancing Discretion and Control in Collective Decision-Making

This study examines the use of discretionary space by inspectors collectively and individually. It critiques individual discretion, highlighting the need for responsiveness while addressing potential inconsistencies. The central question revolves around understanding the balance between individual and collective aspects of inspectors' discretion. A comparison between two inspectorates underscores the significance of discretion in making a difference. The text explores how discretion is exercised individually, involving colleagues, managers, and stakeholders. It delves into the benefits and drawbacks of organized discretion from the perspectives of inspectors, the inspectorate, services under scrutiny, and service users. Readers are encouraged to discuss the findings and rank their inspectorate based on consistency and responsiveness.

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Enhancing Inspections: Balancing Discretion and Control in Collective Decision-Making

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  1. Inspectors making a difference: using discretionary space collectively Suzanne Rutz - Dinah Mathew - Antoinette de Bont - Paul Robben Joint InspectorateforYouth - Care QualityCommission - Health Care Inspectorate - Erasmus University

  2. Warming up How do you feel: should inspectors be encouraged to use discretion? ?

  3. Critique on individual discretion • Is considerednecessary to increaseresponsiveness • May lead to inconsistency and unfairness • Answer: constraining and controllingdiscretionwhichmaydiminishresponsiveness

  4. Central question How can we understand the individual and collective aspects of inspectors’ discretionary space? ?

  5. Twoinspectoratescompared

  6. Inspectorsneed the inspectorate to make a difference ‘[I] started to tire of it a bit, mainly because of the lack of any authority really in terms of trying to get providers to do any actions or anything like that. So that’s why I joined the CQC, to try and have a bit more clout and try and improve things’. (CQC)

  7. Discretionaryjudgement • Individualdiscretion • Involvingcolleagues • Including managers • Engaging stakeholders

  8. 1. Inspectorsusediscretionindividually ‘Adapting the procedures and starting a dialogue with the municipality has paid off. They started to think about possibilities and started to communicate with us. They were no longer defensive. What I had to do to accomplish that is jumbling up various procedures’ (JIY)

  9. 2. Involvingcolleaguestocreate support ‘I think that the bottom line with that is that you will be faced with situations which are difficult, and I think it’s knowing when to make a decision yourself, and when you need other people to help you make that decision’. (CQC)

  10. 3. Including managers formandate Cancel registration Suspend new admission Criminalprosecution

  11. 4. Engaging stakeholders tocreate extra options “At the moment a midwife service does not seem to cooperate. X said to them: ‘an inspector of your own inspectorate will call you’. I am fine with that, let me call and persuade them.” (JIY)

  12. Tosum up

  13. Discuss in groups ? • Do yourecognise the findings? • What are the advantages and disadvantages of organised discretion from the viewpoint of: • inspectors (group 1) • inspectorate (group 2) • service under scrutiny (group 3) • service user (group 4)

  14. Rank yourinspectorate Consistency Responsiveness

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