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NHS responsible for work done by registered nurses in social care settings
Unanimous Supreme Court decision clarifies what work done by a registered nurse should be covered by NHS funding as opposed to LA funding -
Accordingly, the correct interpretation of s 49 [of the Health and Social Care Act] is that ‘nursing care by a registered nurse’ covers (a) time spent directly or indirectly on nursing care, in the sense of care which can only be provided by a registered nurse; (b) paid breaks; (c) time receiving supervision; (d) stand-by time; and (e) time spent on providing, planning, supervising or delegating the provision of other types of care which in all the circumstances ought to be provided by a registered nurse because they are ancillary to or closely connected with or part and parcel of the nursing care which she has to provide