This guide explains how to record and manage Impairments and Adjustments in the Care Planning App. Accurately completing this section ensures that important personal and accessibility details are correctly stored and shared when care information is exchanged with other systems, such as those used by the NHS.

The Minimum Operational Data (MOD) Standard, developed by NHS England’s Digitising Social Care Programme, sets out the essential information that adult social care providers must record to ensure consistency, quality, and safe data sharing across the health and care sector. By following this guide, you’ll help your service meet DSCR (Digitising Social Care Records) compliance standards and maintain alignment with NHS interoperability requirements.

Recording impairments and reasonable adjustments not only supports legal and clinical obligations under the Equality Act 2010, but also helps ensure that every person receives care tailored to their individual needs. This process contributes directly to safer, more personalised, and fully auditable digital records across health and social care.