Funding • Regulated by Department of Health (Ireland)
National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF)
Definition: The statutory agency responsible for negotiating maximum agreed prices with private and voluntary nursing homes under the Fair Deal scheme.
Regulatory Impact & Compliance Overview
NTPF negotiates individual deed of agreement pricing with nursing home proprietors. Residential care operators utilize workforce management systems to align staff rostering costs with NTPF-capped resident bed fees to safeguard operating margins.
Governing Authority
Enforced by Department of Health (Ireland) in Ireland. Compliance with these standards is legally required for all licensed and participating care providers.
Automated Compliance
How AsanWork Enforces National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF)
AsanWork builds compliance directly into daily scheduling workflows. Hard compliance stops prevent un-vetted, un-screened, or non-credentialed staff from receiving shift allocations, ensuring 100% audit readiness.
Related Ireland Healthcare Terms
Registration
CORU (Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals)
CORU is Ireland's multi-profession health regulator responsible for protecting the public by regulating health and social care professionals.
Safeguarding
Children First Act 2015
Irish legislation providing statutory obligations to report child protection concerns and implement Child Safeguarding Statements.
Governance
Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO)
CHOs are operational administrative divisions of the HSE delivering community-based primary care, social care, and mental health services across Ireland.
Compliance
HIQA Single Assessment Framework (Thematic Inspections)
Targeted inspection programmes conducted by HIQA focusing on specific regulatory areas such as medication safety, infection prevention, or staffing governance.