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Paragraph 6 Records relating to supply of nursesI1

Northern Ireland

Where the agency is acting as an employment business and a nurse is supplied to provide nursing care in the private residence of a service user or patient, details of –

(a)

the illness or disability from which the patient is suffering;

(b)

the name and address of the patient’s general medical practitioner;

(c)

other health care professionals from whom the patient is receiving treatment;

(d)

the patient’s next of kin;

(e)

any special requirements arising from the patient’s religious or spiritual traditions;

(f)

other occupants at the property where nursing will be provided;

(g)

the nursing plan devised for the patient, including details of the assessment, planned care, implementation of the planned care, evaluation of care given, reviews of the care plan and a detailed record of the holistic care provided, including completed consent forms;

(h)

any accident incurred by the patient or agency nurse or other untoward incident; and

(i)

any other information which would be of assistance to a health care professional or social care worker to provide continuity of care.

Annotations

Commencement

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Sch. 4 para. 6 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1