Regulation 19 Health needs of childrenI1
Northern Ireland
The registered person shall promote and protect the health of the children accommodated in a children’s home.
In particular the registered person shall ensure that –
each child is registered with a general practitioner;
each child is referred to such medical, dental, nursing, psychological and psychiatric advice, treatment and other services, as he may require;
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;
each child is provided with guidance, support and advice on health and personal care issues appropriate to his needs and wishes; and
any person appointed to the position of nurse at the children’s home is a nurse on the register maintained under Article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, by virtue of qualifications in nursing or midwifery as the case may be.