PART IVADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS APPLYING TO INDEPENDENT HOSITALS

PATHOLOGY SERVICES, RESUSCITATION AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS

Treatment of children

36.  The registered person shall ensure that, where a child is treated in an independent hospital –

(a)he is treated in accommodation which is separate from accommodation in which adult patients are treated;

(b)particular medical, physical, psychological, social, educational and supervision needs arising from his age are met;

(c)his treatment is provided by persons who have appropriate qualifications, skills and experience in the treatment of children;

(d)his parents are kept fully informed of his condition and so far as is practicable consulted about all aspects of his treatment, except where the child is himself competent to consent to treatment and does not wish his parents to be so informed and consulted.