Adding Nursing Home or Residential Institute

For nursing homes and residential institutes the Residential Institute (RI) Identifier is important for Registration Links in both England & Wales.

In England the RI code is:

  • V0 for Nursing/Residential Care Homes.

  • Y0 for Students.

In Wales, the RI code is issued by your health board. You should contact the organisation in which the residential institute is based, they can provide a list of codes to add to the organisation.

To add a nursing home or residential institute to Vision 3:

  1. From Control Panel - File Maintenance - Organisation , or the Organisation tab.
  2. Either:
    • Right click on Residential Institute and select Add Organisation, or
    • Highlight Residential Institute and select Add , or
    • Select the arrow to the right of Add , select Add Organisation - Residential Institute:

  3. Complete as appropriate:
    • Name - Enter the name of the RI.
    • Mnemonic - Enter a short name for Vision 3 to use for reference.
    • Valid From/To - Optional, complete with the date your relationship commenced/finished if required.
    • Inactive - Tick to inactivate this RI.
    • Provider Unit - Tick it enable referring to this RI.

  4. Under Main Address, select Add, complete the details as appropriate and select OK to save.

  5. Select the Identifiers tab:

  6. Complete as follows:
    • Identifier Type - Select RI Code.
    • Organisation TP/HB/CSA - Select as appropriate.
    • Identifier Value - Enter the appropriate code.
    • Valid From/To - Optional, complete with the date your relationship commenced/finished if required.
  7.  Select OK to save.
See Organisation Details, Identifiers, Address and Contact Numbers and Save Details for further details.
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