Guidance note on meeting the requirements of Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004 - Regulation 26

Regulation 26 of the Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004 places a duty on registered persons to notify Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales of the occurrence of the following events:

• any serious injury sustained by a service user in the agency premises or while a domiciliary care worker is attending on the service user for the purposes of the provision of personal care;

any incident which-

• occurs in the agency premises or while a domiciliary care worker is attending to the service user for the purposes of the provision of personal care, and
• is reported to, or investigated by, the police; and
• any allegation of misconduct by the registered person or any person who works for the purposes of the agency.