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United Kingdom
The Care Homes Regulations 2001

The Care Homes Regulations 2001

In forceThis text since 11 Dec 2001law://uk/uksi/2001/3965@2026-11-12

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EnglandNorthern IrelandScotlandWales

Contents

Part I General
Part II Registered persons
Part III Conduct of care home
Part IV Premises
Part V Management
Part VI Children
Part VII Miscellaneous
Schedule 1 Information to be included in the statement of purpose
Schedule 2 Information and documents in respect of persons carrying on, managing or working at a care home
Schedule 3 Records to be kept in a care home in respect of each service user
Schedule 4 Other records to be kept in a care home
Schedule 5 Additional information to be included in the statement of purpose where children are accommodated
Schedule 6 Additional information and documents to be obtained in respect of persons working at a care home where children are accommodated
Schedule 7 Matters to be monitored at a care home where children are accommodated

Contents

Part I General
Part II Registered persons
Part III Conduct of care home
Part IV Premises
Part V Management
Part VI Children
Part VII Miscellaneous
Schedule 1 Information to be included in the statement of purpose
Schedule 2 Information and documents in respect of persons carrying on, managing or working at a care home
Schedule 3 Records to be kept in a care home in respect of each service user
Schedule 4 Other records to be kept in a care home
Schedule 5 Additional information to be included in the statement of purpose where children are accommodated
Schedule 6 Additional information and documents to be obtained in respect of persons working at a care home where children are accommodated
Schedule 7 Matters to be monitored at a care home where children are accommodated

Contents

591 provisions, too many to show on one page. Open a part or section to read it with its history and connections, or search inside the text.

Part I · General
Part II · Registered persons
Part III · Conduct of care home
Part IV · Premises
1. 23 Fitness of premises
Part V · Management
Part VI · Children
Part VII · Miscellaneous
Schedule 1 · Information to be included in the statement of purpose
Schedule 2 · Information and documents in respect of persons carrying on, managing or working at a care home
Schedule 3 · Records to be kept in a care home in respect of each service user
Schedule 4 · Other records to be kept in a care home
Schedule 5 · Additional information to be included in the statement of purpose where children are accommodated
Schedule 6 · Additional information and documents to be obtained in respect of persons working at a care home where children are accommodated
Schedule 7 · Matters to be monitored at a care home where children are accommodated

Key facts

Type: Statutory instrument · UKSI 2001/3965
Made by: UK Government (statutory instrument)
Extent: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

History · 1 version

11 Dec 2001Reading

Connections

Amended by 17: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005; The General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004; The Care Standards and Adoption (Regulation of Establishments, Agencies and Adult Placement Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2009; The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009; The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2007; The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005; The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (England) Order 2004; The Adult Placement Schemes (England) Regulations 2004; The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004; The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection and Commission for Social Care Inspection) (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2004; The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) Order 2004; The Health Professions Order 2001 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003; The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002; The Care Homes (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003; The Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 2003; The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006; The Care Homes (Adult Placements) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Repealed by 2: The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.16, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010; The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002
Applies 1: The Children’s Homes Regulations 2001

Defined terms · 15

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environmental health authority
means the authority responsible for environmental health for the area in which the care home is situated;
food
includes drink.
general practitioner
means a registered medical practitioner who— (a) provides general medical services under Part II of the National Health Service Act 1977;
health care professional
means a person who is registered as a member of any profession to which section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999 applies or who is clinical psychologist, child psychotherapist or speech therapist;
inspection report
means a report prepared in relation to the care home under section 32(5) of the Act;
organisation
means a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership;
placement agreement
means an agreement that—
placement plan
has the meaning given to it in regulation 12 (child’s placement plan) of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001;
placing authority
has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001;”
representative
means, in relation to a service user, a person, other than the registered person or a person employed at the care home, who with the service user’s express or implied consent takes an interest in the service user’s health and welfare;
service user
means any person accommodated in the care home who is in need of nursing or personal care by reason of disability, infirmity, past or present illness, past or present mental disorder or past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs;
staff
means persons employed by the registered person to work at the care home but does not include a volunteer or a person employed under a contract for services;
statement of purpose
means the written statement compiled in accordance with regulation 4(1).
the Act
means the Care Standards Act 2000;
university
includes—

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