A COMPUTERISED SYSTEM

to assist HEALTH AUTHORITIES

in the REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION of

NURSING AND DUAL REGISTERED HOMES


SUPPORTED BY



The Registered Homes Act 1984 places statutory obligations on district health authorities concerning the registration and inspection of private nursing homes.

The number of homes is constantly increasing and the workload is growing for officers responsible for monitoring standards under the 1984 Act.

NURSING HOME REGISTRATION is an efficient and user friendly computerised system designed specifically to assist Registration and Inspection Officers in the day-to-day monitoring of patient care in the nursing home sector.

A principal feature of NURSING HOME REGISTRATION is its comprehensive, easy-to-use database. This is combined with built-in expert guidance on the Registered Homes Act 1984 and the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Regulations 1984 based on the NAHAT Handbook on the Registration and Inspection of Nursing Homes - including the 1988 supplement - the definitive text on the subject.

BENEFITS INCLUDE

DATABASE FOR HOMES

Full details on homes:

  • Type of home and categories of patients accommodated
  • Proprietor details (including Companies and Directors)
  • Person-in-charge and qualifications
  • Details of registration and conditions imposed
  • Planned homes
  • Dual Registered Homes
A full register of homes can be printed or a summary list for issue to the public upon request.

INSPECTION SCHEDULES

NAHAT Checklist

The system contains a checklist for inspections based firmly on the NAHAT guidance under the following headings:

  • Inspection details
  • Last visit follow up
  • Registration
  • Staffing
  • Management
  • Records
  • Patient accommodation
  • Facilities
  • Equipment
  • Catering
  • Fire precautions
  • Drug administration
  • Medical/emergency cover
  • Safety
  • Quality of care


CUSTOMER CHEKLISTS

In addition to the NAHAT Inspection checklist, you can create up to 9 additional checklists to be used for Pre-registration, Out of Hours, Supplementary, Follow-Ups etc. Use your own question sets and guidance, apply ratings or yes/no responses and add comments to any question or response.

FACILITIES CHEKLIST

Rooms, numbers and types of facilities (lounges, bathrooms, toilets etc.) can all be defined by the user to incorporate the specific requirements of each health authority.

PROPRIETOR

PERSON IN CHARGE

STAFF CHECKS

  • the full DH/DSS National List of Cancelled Registrations against which any current or potential proprietor and person-in-charge can be checked.

  • a database of nurses removed from the UKCC Professional Register against which any member of staff with a nursing qualification can be checked.

  • records Police checks HOC(22)91.

STAFF MONITORING

Cross-checks multiple homeinvolvement of proprietors, persons-in-charge and even individual members of staff. Also checks compliance with required staffing Levels in terms of both numbers and qualifications.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Password protection, restricting access to sensitive information

REPORT WRITER

  • New ad-hoc report writer / generator (FLEX/QL) complete with a standard library of new reports.

  • There is a facility to output data in a variety of file formats for further manipulation and analysis, to enable the user to produce high quality reports, charts and graphs.

ALSO

  • Maintains a diary of visits due.

  • Records inspections made by pharmacists, fire officers, and environmental health officers, for example, together with their recommendations.

  • Records details of appeals. Generates Notices for appeals & tribunals.

  • Issues letters and notices required by the health authority & records all formal procedures.

  • Produces annual Körner K036 returns.

  • Generates ad hoc, user-defined reports as needed.

  • Monitors and records homes planned, extensions and other registration changes.

  • Records complaints received and action taken.

  • Produces bedstate reports giving the number of beds available in the district by category (Bed Bureau).

  • Records fees due & received by H.A.

  • Produces Memorandum Trading Accounts

  • Records H/A Notices Sent



SOFTWARE DIVISION is committed to effective and affordable micro-computer based management information systems. Our experienced staff come from professional management and health computing backgrounds and have extensive understanding of National Health Service needs. We offer dedicated support including pre- and post-installation advice, project management, consultancy services and on-going training and bespoke development. Our total support maintenance agreement covers:

  • Telephone Support / Hotline
  • training as a continuing feature for new staff;
  • on-site visits to provide practical assistance;
  • system enhancements as they become necessary;
  • and updates to suit changing needs.

Technical Overview.

NHR is written in DATAFLEX, a 4GL DBMS. It will operate across a variety of platforms and operating systems, including MS-DOS and DOS based networks, UNIX, OS/2 & VMS. This product is available in both single and multi-user versions and requires a minimum of 640Kb RAM and 10Mb Hard disk space plus an additional 1Mb / 12 Homes registered. A full list of registered users and sample reports are available upon request.

Other Products Available from Software Division

RESIDENTIAL HOMES REGISTRATION (RHR)

A complimentary suite of programs in a similar vein to NHR dealing with the inspection and registration of residential homes, dual registered homes, schools, play groups and child minders. Will integrate with NHR to facilitate joint access to inspection and registration data where permitted. Produced in conjunction with Oxford Social Services.

QUESTION MASTER

A Quality based survey and questionnaire tool for Windows and PEN Windows computers, with extensive analysis and automatic report writing facilities. With easy, accurate and speedy data capture, a user friendly layout, and a host of time saving features, this is an essential and inexpensive suite of programs that no Quality or Inspection unit should be without. If you can write a question, you can use Question Master.

Pre-Defined Question Sets covering a variety of disciplines all based on the Monitor Paper Tools by Prof. L.A.Goldstone are available.

Software Division Ltd. Colne Cottage, The Island,
Longford, Middx, UB7 OES.

Telephone : 01753 681883 Fax : 01753 681081

http://www.softdivn.demon.co.uk

Email : tony@softdivn.demon.co.uk