SCHEDULE 4RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED FOR INSPECTION

Regulation 17

Records relating to supply of nurses

1

Copies of all agreements between the agency and nurses supplied or to be supplied by the agency and evidence that a copy of any standard terms and conditions has been supplied by the agency to each nurse.

2

Details of the remuneration payable to each nurse who is employed by the agency and her conditions of employment.

3

Copies of any statement given to a service user setting out the qualifications and relevant experience of a nurse supplied to that service user.

4

An alphabetical index of service users, including the full name, address and telephone number of each of them and any serial numbers assigned to them.

5

An alphabetical index of nurses supplied or available for supply by the agency, including any serial numbers assigned to them.

6

Details of each supply of a nurse to a service user.

7

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 professionals from whom the patient is receiving treatment;

d

the patient’s next of kin;

e

the patient’s religion;

f

other occupants at the property where nursing will be provided; and

g

the nursing plan devised for the patient and a detailed record of the nursing care provided.

Other records

1

All information provided to the Commission for the purposes of registration in relation to the agency.

2

Details of every allegation of abuse—

a

against a nurse; or

b

by a nurse (which is not the subject of a complaint made under regulation 18),

who is employed by the agency, including details of the investigations made, the outcome and any action taken in consequence.