Disability Aids

(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether local authorities are required as providers of adult social care to ensure that any hoists that they supply to residents are replaced in a timely manner should they become damaged.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 6th September 2017

The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, against which the Care Quality Commission regulates, sets out that equipment used to deliver care and treatment must be maintained and used properly. The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, Section 3 puts a duty on owners and providers to maintain safe equipment.

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