Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

SCHEDULE 1 Regulated Activities
Treatment of disease, disorder or injury 4.
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the provision of treatment for a disease, disorder or injury by or under the supervision of--
(a) a health care professional, or a team which includes a health care professional, or
(b) a social worker, or a team which includes a social worker, where the treatment is for a mental disorder.

(2) The activities set out in sub-paragraph (3) are excepted from sub-paragraph (1).

(3) The activities referred to in sub-paragraph (2) are--

(a) assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the 1983 Act,
(b) the provision of treatment by means of surgical procedures,
(c) diagnostic and screening procedures,
(d) services in slimming clinics,
(e) the practice of alternative and complementary medicine, with the exception of the practice of osteopathy or chiropractic,
(f) the provision of treatment in a sports ground or gymnasium (including associated premises) where it is provided for the sole benefit of persons taking part in, or attending, sporting activities and events,
(g) the provision of treatment (not being first aid for the purposes of paragraph 9 of Schedule 2) under temporary arrangements to deliver health care to those taking part in, or attending, sporting or cultural events,
(h) the provision of hyperbaric therapy, being the administration of oxygen (whether or not combined with one or more other gases) to a person who is in a sealed chamber which is gradually pressurised with compressed air, where the primary use of that chamber is--
(i) pursuant to regulation 6(3)(b) of the Diving at Work Regulations 1997(1) or regulation 8 or 12 of the Work in Compressed Air Regulations 1996(2), or
(ii) otherwise for the treatment of workers in connection with the work which they perform, and
(i) the carrying on of any of the activities authorised by a licence granted by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990(3).

Treatment, except in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1, includes--
(a) a diagnostic or screening procedure carried out for medical purposes,
(b) the ongoing assessment of a service user's mental or physical state,
(c) nursing, personal and palliative care, and
(d) the giving of vaccinations and immunisations;

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.