Health and Social Care Act 2008 Registration (CQC registration)

Background

• All NHS Organisations are legally required to apply for and obtain registration with the care quality commission from April 2010.

• NHS Trusts obtained partial registration last year following assessment against the hygiene code.

• The RNOH was provisionally registered with no conditions attached.

What are we registering?

• Both RNOH Stanmore and RNOH Bolsover require registering

• Stanmore requires registering to undertake surgical procedures and treatment of medical conditions

• Bolsover Street requires registration for treatment of medical conditions (no actual surgical procedures take place there

Who are we registering as our client base?

• We are registering to care for all ages and all client groups

What is the RNOHT declaring under the self assessment?

The following regulations required a self assessment as either compliant or non compliant:

• Regulation 9: Care and welfare of service users• Regulation 10: Assessing and monitoring the quality of

service provision• Regulation 11: Safeguarding service users from abuse• Regulation 12: Cleanliness and infection control• Regulation 13: Management of medicines• Regulation 14: Meeting nutritional needs

• Regulation 15: Safety and suitability of premises• Regulation 16: Safety, availability and suitability of

equipment• Regulation 17: Respecting and involving service users• Regulation 18: Consent to care and treatment• Regulation 19: Complaints• Regulation 20: Records• Regulation 21: Requirements relating to workers• Regulation 22: Staffing• Regulation 23: Supporting workers• Regulation 24: Cooperating with other providers

Assessment for the RNOH

• We are declaring compliance with all regulations for Bolsover Street

• We are declaring non compliance with regulation 15 safety and suitability of buildings as per assessments previously made under the core standard assessment