Health Services (Health Service Establishments) Regulations 2024

The proprietor of a private hospital or day procedure centre must submit a report that complies with subregulation (2) to the Secretary concerning compliance by that private hospital or day procedure centre with the requirements of its duty of candour under section 128ZC(1) of the Act for each reporting period within 14 days after the end of a reporting period.

A report submitted to the Secretary under subregulation (1) must include the following information—

data specifying the number of serious adverse patient safety events suffered by patients in the course of receiving health services from that private hospital or day procedure centre that were identified in the first 3 months of the reporting period;

in relation to the serious adverse patient safety events specified for the purposes of paragraph (a), the following data for the reporting period—

the number of serious adverse patient safety events if the requirements of the duty of candour under section 128ZC(1) of the Act were commenced in the reporting period;

the number of serious adverse patient safety events that occurred where the patient has been provided with the information specified in section 128ZC(1)(a) of the Act in the reporting period;

the number of serious adverse patient safety events that occurred where the patient chose under section 128ZC(2) of the Act not to receive the information specified in section 128ZC(1)(a) of the Act.

The proprietor of a private hospital or day procedure centre must ensure that the report prepared for the purposes of this regulation is submitted to the Secretary in the manner and form determined by the Secretary.

In this regulation, reporting period means each of the following periods—

the period beginning on 1 October and ending on 31 March;

the period beginning on 1 January and ending on 30 June;

the period beginning on 1 April and ending on 30 September;

the period beginning on 1 July and ending on 31 December.