The Care Homes (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Care Homes Regulations 2001 to provide that a person registered in respect of carrying on or managing a care home (“the registered person”) must:

• make available at the request of any person the written guide to the care home (“the service user’s guide”) (regulation 2(2));

• where nursing is provided by the care home, provide a service user with the following information (regulation 2(3))—

• a statement as to the care home’s fees for accommodation, nursing and personal care, and other information in relation to payment of the fees;

• any variation in the fees or other matters referred to in the statement;

• information in relation to certain payments (“nursing contributions”) to the registered person by a Primary Care Trust in respect of nursing provided to the service user at the care home;

• a statement specifying either the date when any nursing contribution is to be paid to the service user or deducted from the care home’s fees, or otherwise how the nursing contribution is to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the fees.

Failure by the registered person to comply with the requirements mentioned above is made an offence (regulation 2(4)).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for these Regulations and a copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of the Regulatory Impact Assessment can be obtained from the Department of Health’s website: www.doh.gov.uk/regulatoryimpact/index.htm, or www.doh.gov.uk/jointunit/nhsfundednursingcare.