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CQC Regulation 17: Good Governance Explained
CQC Regulation 17 requires providers to run effective systems for monitoring quality, managing risk and record-keeping. Here's what the fundamental standard legally requires, how CQC assesses it, and how to evidence compliance.
Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism Explained
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is the government's standard for health and social care staff training in England, delivered in two tiers depending on how much direct contact staff have with autistic people and people with a learning disability.
Sepsis Recognition and Management Training for Care Staff
Sepsis is a medical emergency that can progress within hours, making care home and community staff a vital early-recognition line — this guide covers red-flag signs, tools like NEWS2, and how training supports CQC Regulation 12 compliance.
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Diabetes Care Training for Care Home Staff: What's Required and Why It Matters
Diabetes is common among older care home residents, and safe support depends on staff who can recognise hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia, monitor blood glucose correctly, and administer insulin safely where delegated. This guide explains what good practice guidance requires and how it links to CQC's expectations on safe care and staff competence.
Epilepsy Awareness and Buccal Midazolam Training for Care Staff
Epilepsy awareness and buccal midazolam training help care staff recognise seizures, respond safely, and meet CQC competency requirements for administering emergency rescue medication.
Legionella Awareness Training for Healthcare and Care Settings
Legionella awareness training helps care and healthcare providers meet their legal duties under COSHH 2002 and ACOP L8, protecting vulnerable residents from Legionnaires' disease while supporting CQC compliance.
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Dysphagia and Choking Risk Training for Care Staff: What's Required
Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) is common among care home residents and, left unmanaged, raises the risk of choking, aspiration pneumonia and malnutrition. This guide explains what good dysphagia and choking risk training covers, including the IDDSI framework, and how it links to CQC Regulation 12 and 14.
Catheter Care Training for Care Staff: What Good Practice Looks Like
What good catheter care looks like for care staff, how to reduce CAUTI risk, the signs to escalate, and where CQC Regulation 12 comes in.
Stoma Care Training for Care Staff: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to stoma care training for care staff: stoma types, appliance support, complications to watch for, and person-centred dignity care.
PEG Feeding and Enteral Feeding Training for Care Staff
What PEG feeding involves, the practical care tasks and complications to escalate, and why formal competency training and sign-off are essential for care staff.
Continence Care Training for Care Staff: Supporting Dignity and Health
How care staff can deliver dignified, person-centred continence care: individualised assessment, skin integrity, product selection, and when to escalate to a specialist.
Positive Behaviour Support: Managing Behaviours That Challenge in Care Settings
What Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) means for UK and Irish care staff, why behaviours that challenge are a form of communication, and how to reduce restrictive practice safely.