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Open reporting of nursing home inspections
— National Health Service (Health Authorities) (Open Reporting of Nursing Home and Mental Nursing Home Inspections) Directions 1998 | | Corporate Author | NHS Executive, Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | NHS Executive, Department of Health - DoH, London, 20 March 1998 |
| Pages | 2 pp plus annexes (Health service circular, HSC 1998/047) |
| Keywords | Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; National Health Service ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Inspection ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | This circular will no longer apply in full, or in part from 1 April 2002. From 1 April 1998, health authorities are required to make available to the public, on request, reports following inspection of nursing homes registered under Part II of the Registered Homes Act 1984. This document comprises five items: Health Service Circular, directions; good practice guidance; template for open reporting; and Local Authority Social Services Letter LASSL (98)4: Open reporting on nursing homes: implications for local authorities. The guidance covers the following: scope of open reporting; purpose of inspection reports; use of plain language; format of reports; dual registration; confidentiality; sensitive information; accuracy of reports; distribution; and costs. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980603402 C |
| Classmark | 6I: VK9: L4: HSCr 1998/047: KW: LHB: 3U: 583 * |
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