But the work of registration and regulation that the CQC carries out is important, so what really matters is whether Behan – in succession to Cynthia Bower – inherits a properly functioning organisation.
"There is still much to do... but I think this is now a broadly functioning organisation".
A properly functioning organisation meant access to care when needed.
In its defence it is, he argues, "the best functioning organisation in the world that attempts to deal with the fact that politics is local, and economics global".
Celac, if it works, will be the first functioning organisation in the western hemisphere that includes every country in the western hemisphere except the United States and Canada, and that would be quite an important step towards integration and independence.
Two of al-Qaida's most important spiritual leaders have told the Guardian that the terror group is no longer a functioning organisation after being ripped apart by Isis.
Underlying many of these is the basic fact that mutuals move out of the public sector as fully functioning, established organisations, that are already delivering services on which people rely.
The programme could gain strength with a more regional approach, which would give opportunities for cooperation especially when functioning regional organisations or structures are available.
The SCEN and LEIF projects will be described and compared in terms of their development, aims, tasks, functioning and organisation.
A simple lesson learned is that a functioning boundary organisation needs to be persistent; more precisely, to adopt an informed, supportive, flexible and adaptive approach.
