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Treatment

Definition

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CQC Glossary of terms used in the guidance for providers and managers

Care Quality Commission

In Regulation 2(2) of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, treatment includes:
- A diagnostic or screening procedure carried out for medical purposes
- The ongoing assessment of a person's mental or physical state
- Nursing, personal and palliative care, and
- Giving vaccinations and immunisations.

This regulation excludes the regulated activity of assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the 1983 Act.

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