The Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2011

Notification of events

31.—(1) The registered person must give notice to the appropriate office of the registration authority of—

(a) the death of a patient—

(i) in an establishment;

(ii) during treatment provided in or for the purposes of an establishment or for the purposes of an agency; or

(iii) as a consequence of treatment provided in or for the purposes of an establishment or for the purposes of an agency;

and the date, time, cause (where known) and circumstances of the patient’s death;

(b) any serious injury to a patient;

(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;

(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 an agency, or any medical practitioner with practising privileges;

(e) any request to a supervisory body made pursuant to Part 4 of Schedule A1 to the 2005 Act by the registered person for a standard authorisation, including the result of such a request;

(f) any application made to a court in relation to depriving a patient of their liberty.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, references to a supervisory body are to a supervisory body as defined in Schedule A1 to the 2005 Act(1) and “standard authorisation” (“awdurdodiad safonol”) has the meaning given under Part 4 of Schedule A1 to the 2005 Act.

(3) Notice under paragraph (1) must be given within the period of 24 hours beginning with the event in question and, if given orally, must be confirmed in writing within 72 hours of the oral notification.

(4) If the registered person—

(a) receives information concerning the death of a patient who has undergone termination of a pregnancy in an independent hospital during the period of 12 months ending on the date on which the information is received; and

(b) has reason to believe that the patient’s death may be associated with the termination, the registered person must give notice in writing to the appropriate office of the registration authority of that information, within the period of 14 days beginning on the day on which the information is received.

(1)

See Schedule A1, part 13.