{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-england-regulations-2001/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-england-regulations-2001/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3968",
  "legislation_title": "The Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Notification of events",
  "text": "(1) The registered person shall give notice to the Commission of—\n(a) the death of a patient—\n(i) in an establishment;\n(ii) during treatment provided by an establishment or agency; or\n(iii) as a consequence of treatment provided by an establishment or agency within the period of seven days ending on the date of the death, and the circumstances of his death;\n(b) any serious injury to a patient;\n(c) the outbreak in an establishment of any infectious disease, which in the opinion of any medical practitioner employed in the establishment is sufficiently serious to be so notified;\n(d) any allegation of misconduct resulting in actual or potential harm to a patient by the registered person, any person employed in or for the purposes of the establishment or for the purposes of the agency, or any medical practitioner with practising privileges.\n(2) Notice under paragraph (1) shall be given within the period of 24 hours beginning with the event in question and, if given orally, shall be confirmed in writing as soon as practicable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3968/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:19:02.233512+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."
}