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LO3.3: Consequences of not meeting responsibilities - Coggle Diagram
LO3.3: Consequences of not meeting responsibilities
Direct costs:
Compensation claims.
Legal costs.
The setting being sued for negligence by residents, patients and their families or staff.
Insurance may not pay out if legal obligations were not complied with or procedures not followed.
Fines.
Civil or criminal prosecution:
Civil law - sued for compensation.
Criminal law:
If serious injury or death has occurred, and in cases of negligence.
Could lead to a custodial sentence in very serious cases.
Prosecution from breaching regulations.
Disciplinary action:
Management changes.
Increased monitoring of the setting, e.g. Ofsted, CQC, local authority inspections and re-inspections.
Disciplinary procedures investigated: verbal warning, first written warning, final written warning, suspension, dismissal (stage depends on previous performance).
Requirement for an individual to undergo further training or re-training.
Dismissal of those responsible.
Causing injury or harm, or being injured or harmed:
Examples could be fractured limbs, food poisoning, disease, exposure to infection, burns.
Poor standards of care; neglect; abuse.
Injury, harm, death of residents, staff or visitors.
Indirect costs:
Lowered staff morale.
High staff turnover.
Difficulty recruiting suitable staff; increased training costs.
Loss of trust and respect from colleagues and service users.
Loss of business income if a private care setting; closure due to lack of income.
Future employment may be difficult to find.
Poor reputation for the care setting; could result in closure.
Removal from professional registers:
Regulators of health, social care and teaching professions hold registers of those qualified to practice; examples include nurses, midwives, teachers, doctors and dentists.
Individuals can be "struck off" their professional register due to 'fitness to practice' concerns, dishonesty, and violence or harm to service users.
Removal from professional registers can involve: being 'struck off' and not allowed to practice at all; practice being restricted - they may be limited in what they are allowed to do; and loss of professional status and reputation.