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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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CQC Regulation 9 Explained: Person-Centred Care
CQC Regulation 9 requires care providers to assess, plan and deliver care that reflects each person's needs and preferences. This guide explains what it covers, how it differs from Regulation 9A, and how to evidence compliance.
CQC Regulation 7: What Registered Managers Must Meet
Regulation 7 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 sets out who must be registered as a manager with CQC, the fitness tests they must meet, and their ongoing duties, including notifying CQC of absences of 28 days or more.
CQC Regulation 15: Premises and Equipment Explained
A practical guide to CQC Regulation 15 for care home managers: what "clean, secure, suitable, properly maintained and appropriately located" actually means in practice, from fire safety and legionella checks to hoist servicing and the evidence inspectors expect to see.
CQC Regulation 11: Need for Consent Explained
A practical guide to what CQC Regulation 11 requires UK care providers to evidence on consent, from capacity assessments and best interests decisions to DNACPR records and common inspection failings.
CQC Regulation 10: Dignity and Respect in Care Homes — What Providers Must Do
Regulation 10 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 requires care providers to protect privacy, autonomy and choice in every interaction. Here is what it actually requires, what CQC inspectors look for, and how to build it into everyday practice.
CQC Regulation 19: Fit and Proper Persons Employed
Regulation 19 requires every member of care staff, not just directors, to be of good character, fit for the role, and subject to ongoing fitness checks throughout employment.
CQC Regulation 9A: Visiting and Accompanying in Care Homes
CQC Regulation 9A gives people in care homes the right to receive visitors and be accompanied. Here is what it requires, what CQC expects providers to evidence, and what the March 2026 review found.