# The Nursing Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 24: Complaints

Extent: N.I.

(1) The registered person shall establish a procedure (“the complaints procedure”) for receiving, managing and responding to complaints made to the registered person by a patient or person acting on the patient’s behalf.
(2) The complaints procedure shall be appropriate to the needs of patients.
(3) The registered person shall ensure that any complaint made under the complaints procedure is fully investigated.
(4) The registered person shall, within 28 days after the date on which the complaint is made, or such shorter period as may be reasonable in the circumstances, inform the person who made the complaint of the investigative process, outcome and action (if any) that is to be taken.
(5) The registered person shall supply a written copy of the complaints procedure to every patient and to any person acting on behalf of a patient.
(6) Where a written copy of the complaints procedure is to be supplied in accordance with paragraph (5) to a person who is blind or whose vision is impaired, the registered person shall so far as it is practicable to do so supply, in addition to the written copy, a copy of the complaints procedure in a form which is suitable for that person.
(7) The copy of the complaints procedure to be supplied in accordance with paragraph (5) shall include –
(a) the name, address and telephone number of the Regulation and Improvement Authority; and
(b) the procedure (if any) that has been notified by the Regulation and Improvement Authority to the registered person for the making of complaints to the Regulation and Improvement Authority relating to the nursing home.
(8) The registered person shall supply to the Regulation and Improvement Authority at its request a statement containing a summary of the complaints made during the preceding twelve months and the action that was taken in response.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/160/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-24
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