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15.—(1) The registered person shall ensure that the establishment is conducted so as to promote and make proper provision for the welfare of patients and shall, so far as practicable, enable patients to make decisions about matters affecting their care and general welfare.
(2) The registered person shall ensure that patients are permitted to control their own money, except where a patient does not wish, or lacks capacity to do so, in which case the registered person shall ensure that patient monies are properly held and recorded and that receipts are issued as appropriate.
(3) The registered person shall, so far as practicable, ascertain and take into account the wishes and feelings of all patients in determining the manner in which they are cared for and services are provided to them.
(4) The registered person shall make suitable arrangements to ensure that the establishment is conducted—
(a)in a manner which respects the privacy and dignity of patients; and
(b)with due regard to the sex, religious persuasion, racial origin, and cultural and linguistic background and any disability of patients.
(5) The registered provider and the registered manager (if any) shall each take all reasonable steps to ensure that the establishment is conducted on the basis of good personal and professional relationships—
(a)between each other; and
(b)between each of them and the patients and staff.
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