{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Patient’s plan",
  "text": "(1) The registered person shall ensure that a written nursing plan is prepared by a nurse in consultation with the patient or patient’s representative as to how the patient’s needs in respect of his health and welfare are to be met.\n(2) The registered person shall ensure that –\n(a) the patient’s plan is available to the patient;\n(b) the patient’s plan is kept under review;\n(c) where appropriate and, unless it is impracticable to carry out such consultation, after consultation with the patient or a representative of his, revise the patient’s plan; and\n(d) notify the patient of any such revision.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/160/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:03.905822+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."
}