{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-2001/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-2001/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3967",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Homes Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Health needs of children",
  "text": "(1) The registered person shall promote and protect the health of the children accommodated in a children’s home.\n(2) In particular the registered person shall ensure that—\n(a) each child is registered with a general practitioner;\n(b) each child has access to such medical, dental, nursing, psychological and psychiatric advice, treatment and other services, as he may require;\n(c) each child is provided with such individual support, aids and equipment as he may require as a result of any particular health needs or disability he may have;\n(d) each child is provided with guidance, support and advice on health and personal care issues appropriate to his needs and wishes;\n(e) at all times, at least one person on duty at the children’s home has a suitable first aid qualification;\n(f) any person appointed to the position of nurse at the children’s home is a registered nurse.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/583",
      "affecting_title": "The Children’s Homes (Amendment) Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/583",
      "affecting_title": "The Children’s Homes (Amendment) Regulations 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3967/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:19:04.268533+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}