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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1P1 Statutory requirements for record keeping and reporting in own care settings......................1P2 Regulatory and inspecting bodies’ requirements for record keeping and reporting in caresettings.........................................................................................................................................2LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4P3 Process of storing of records in own care settings.................................................................4P4 Reasons for sharing information in own settings with external bodies..................................4P5 External and internal requirements for recording information in own care settings..............5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6LO 3.................................................................................................................................................6P6 Describe how technology is used in recording and reporting in own care setting.................6P7 Explain the benefits of involving service users in record keeping processes.........................7LO 4.................................................................................................................................................8P8 Production of records regarding service user care for various service users following ownsetting guidelines.........................................................................................................................8P9 Different aspects of own management of service user records in compliance with local andnational policies...........................................................................................................................8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTIONHealth and social care refers to the services concerned with social support, care andprotection given to adults or children while they are in medical need or at risk owing to poverty,old age, disability, illness etc. (Kotronoulas and et. al., 2014). The healthcare sector is required towork in accordance with the legislations stipulated by law as the professionals working as a partof this profession deal with the lives of people and their one wrong act can lead to adverseoutcomes for individuals. This sector is governed by the jurisdictions and guidelines given byThe National Health Service and Community Care Act, 1990. The following report is based uponBarnet Hospital which is a district hospital located within Barnet, London. The ownership andmanagement of this healthcare centre lies in the hands of Royal Free London NHS FoundationTrust. This report includes legal and regulatory aspects of record keeping and reporting alongwith external and internal recording requirements within own care settings. Further, it exploresthe use of technology in reporting and record keeping. Lastly, it talks about maintenance ofrecords.TASK 1LO 1P1 Statutory requirements for record keeping and reporting in own care settingsThe health and social care professionals deals with the lives of people and work for theprotection and provision of medical assistance or care to people. In this regard, the hospitals orhealth care centres working as a part of this sector is required to abide by certain guidelinesassociated with reporting and record keeping stipulated by law (Coulter and et. al., 2014). In thisregard, Barnet Hospital also abides by the below mentioned acts and guidelines to ensuredesirable record keeping across organisational premises:-General Data Protection Regulations (2018): GDPR tends to standardize DataProtection Law within the all 28 countries of European Union and strives to impose strictregulations for controlling and processing of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). GDPRsupersedes the UK Data Protection Act of 1998. GDRP tends to emphasize upon the followingprinciples in relation to personal data of patients:-Personal data should be processed in a lawful and fair manner.It should be procured for the mere purpose stated clearly.1

It must be relevant, sufficient and in-excessive for the required purpose.Data should be up-to-date as well as correct.It should not be kept for a time longer than the requirements of purpose.Data should be processed as per the rights of data subjects under the Data Protection Act(1998).Relevant organisational as well as technical measures should be undertaken againstunauthorized use of any personal information or destruction/damage to such data (EightData Protection Principles,2013).Personal data should not be not transmitted external to European Economic Area exceptwhen that nation assures relevant data protection.Freedom of Information Act (2000): This act stipulated by The Parliament of UKrenders public access to data kept by health and social care organisations. This is carried out intwo-folded ways, namely, HSC authorities have to publish information about their functioningand public can request information from them (What is the Freedom of Information Act?, 2019).Human Rights Act (1998): This actbrings ECHR (European Convention on HumanRights) into home law that depicts that all healthcare organisations should protect and respect therights of individuals. Furthermore, TheHealth and Social Care Act (2008)makes sure thatpublic, private and not-for-profit care homes funded by state abide by the Human Rights Actwhich came into force within 1998.P2 Regulatory and inspecting bodies’ requirements for record keeping and reporting in caresettingsHealth care professionals are responsible for taking into consideration the health andwelfare of public. It is essential that HSC professionals maintain adequate records at all the timesso as to ensure minimum or no discrepancy across the organisational premises. The proceduralerrors taking place in hospitals with respect to record-keeping may even lead to death of patients.This may take place owing to missed observations of patients due to inaccuracy within shiftrecords, erroneous medicine dosage etc. In some cases, even after death of patients, their familiesare denied the access to their healthcare records. Taking all these into account, the regulatory andinspecting bodies lay out certain requirements for reporting and record keeping within hospitalssuch as Barnet Hospital as follows:-2

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