Record Keeping Guidelines - Unite the Union

11 Record KeepingGuidelinesOctober 2012 IntroductionPrideaux (2011) highlighted that good standards of Record Keeping are not only linked with improvements in the quality ofcare but enable the accountability of professionals to be safe-guarded. The statutory regulators to varying degrees detail theimportance of practitioners maintaining clear, accurate and legi-ble patient/ client records (General Medical Council (GMC) 2006, health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) 2008). In particularthe Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) state that Goodrecord Keeping is an integral part of nursing and midwifery practice, and is essential to the provision of safe and effectivecare. It is not an optional extra to be fitted in if circumstancesallow (NMC, 2009). Indeed, this ethos can be applied to allthose who deliver care in whatever field they Data Protection Act 1998 defines a Record as consisting ofinformation about the physical or mental health or condition ofan identifiable individual made by or on behalf of a health professional in connection with the care of that individual Records of health and social care are legal docum

Q5. The Health/Social care organisation that I work for stipulates that I have to maintain a set of patient held records and base held records for every patient on my

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