Effective Reporting and Record keeping in Health and Social Care Services

Effective Reporting
and Record keeping
in Health and Social
Care Services

Table of Content
• Introduction
• Statutory requirements for reporting and record keeping
• Regulatory and inspecting bodies’ requirements
• Process of storing of records in own care setting
• Reasons for sharing information
• The internal and external requirements for recording information
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
In every organisation reporting and record keeping is essential. It is
considered as the process of recording events as well as transactions. It is
an crucial aspects of health and social care services. Effectual record
keeping is helpful to promote patient care as well as better
communication

Statutory requirements for reporting and
record keeping
Reporting and record keeping is essential for both patients as well as
for healthcare firm. While maintaining relevant and accurate records
company can facilitate better quality of services to their employees and
patients. In health and social care, reports and records are kept with the
use medical record numbering, dividers, folders and so on.

Cont...
The statutory requirements for keeping records are set in regulations 20
of Health and social care Act. So, its requirements in Core Havencare
Ltd. are as follows:
• Care records - Care services must be capable to show that keep
records of care and treatment are facilitated to all services user.

Cont...
• Access to records - Records are available to service user or legal
representative concerned care and treatment. For example: someone
lacks mental capability to make decision on Core Havencare Ltd.
And employees. Thus, all should have knowledge about where
records and reports are kept and to access them