Describe the legal and regulatory aspects of Reporting and Record keeping in a care setting: Effective Reporting and Record keeping in health and social care Assignment, TCD, Ireland

Assignment Brief 

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Social and Community Work (Integrated Health &Social care) Effective Reporting and record-keeping in Health and Social care services.

Compliance with Requirements 

Unit learning Outcomes 

LO1 Describe the legal and regulatory aspects of Reporting and Record keeping in a care setting.
L02 Explore the internal and external recording requirements in a care setting.
Assignment Brief and Guidance.

Scenario 
The management of your care organization has embarked upon an audit to determine how compliant they are with the legal and regulatory aspects of Reporting and Record keeping, as well as how the requirements of internal and external Record keeping are being met. You have been asked to participate in this audit by compiling information relevant to the following areas.

With regards to Reporting and Recordkeeping, describe the legal and regulatory bodies’ requirements (e.g. legal, GDPR, Regulatory Bodies, HSE, HIQA, Coru).

Analyze and evaluate the potential implications and consequences of non-compliance with the requirements, (e.g. service user safety, Media Reporting, personal and organizational credibility).

You are also required to examine and evaluate how information/records are stored and shared internally and externally and to make recommendations for improvement. This involves describing the process of storing records and explaining the reasons for sharing information (internally and externally).
You should also accurately illustrate the requirements for recording information (internally and externally).