Compliance obligation
Typically legally required for a care home — typically renewing on an ongoing basis.
Status
Typically legally required
How often
Ongoing
Under
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
RIDDOR Reporting is one of the obligations that typically applies to a care home in the UK, under Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. It needs renewing on an ongoing basis, and enforcement can follow if it lapses.
The full legislation: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013; HSW Act 1974.
Ongoing. Event-triggered duty on the responsible person (usually the employer): report deaths, specified injuries and dangerous occurrences without delay (online report within 10 days); over-7-day injuries within 15 days. Keep records for 3 years.
Failure to report is a criminal offence: summary conviction an unlimited fine and/or up to 6 months' imprisonment; on indictment an unlimited fine and/or up to 2 years' imprisonment.
Is riddor reporting a legal requirement for a care home?
RIDDOR Reporting typically applies to a care home under UK law, under Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
How often does a care home need riddor reporting?
Ongoing. Event-triggered duty on the responsible person (usually the employer): report deaths, specified injuries and dangerous occurrences without delay (online report within 10 days); over-7-day injuries within 15 days.
What's the penalty for not having riddor reporting?
Failure to report is a criminal offence: summary conviction an unlimited fine and/or up to 6 months' imprisonment; on indictment an unlimited fine and/or up to 2 years' imprisonment.
Keeval tracks riddor reporting against your actual premises, watches the renewal date, and keeps the certificate inspection-ready — free, for all your sites, no card.
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Other care homes obligations
See the full guide →This page highlights the obligation, frequency and penalties that typically apply to premises like yours in England & Wales — general information to help you act on your duties, not legal advice and not a definitive statement of your position. You remain the duty-holder; take your own professional advice where you need certainty. Keeval is a trading name of Brenkon Holdings Limited (no. 16987530).