Unqualified Staff Deployment

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F213 - Training standards for healthcare support workers

Mid Staffs Inquiry

Until such time as the Nursing and Midwifery Council is charged with the recommended regulatory responsibilities, the Department of Health should institute a nationwide system to protect patients and care receivers from harm. This system should be supported by fair due process in relation to employees in this grade who have been dismissed by employers on the grounds...

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Inquiry recommendation

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F212 - Training standards for healthcare support workers

Mid Staffs Inquiry

The code of conduct, education and training standards and requirements for registration for healthcare support workers should be prepared and maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council after due consultation with all relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Health, other regulators, professional representative organisations and the public.

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Inquiry recommendation

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F211 - Training standards for healthcare support workers

Mid Staffs Inquiry

There should be a common set of national standards for the education and training of healthcare support workers.

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Inquiry recommendation

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COVID-M2.3 - UK-wide Expert Register

COVID-19 Inquiry

The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) should develop and maintain a register of experts across the four nations of the UK who would be willing to participate in scientific advisory groups, covering a broad range of potential civil emergencies.

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COVID-M1.5 - Pandemic Data Systems and Research

COVID-19 Inquiry

The UK government, working with the devolved administrations, should establish mechanisms for the timely collection, analysis, secure sharing and use of reliable data for informing emergency responses, in advance of future pandemics. Data systems should be tested in pandemic exercises. The UK government should also commission a wider range of research projects ready to commence in the event...

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Inquiry recommendation

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COVID-M1.2 - Cabinet Office Leadership for Emergencies

COVID-19 Inquiry

The UK government should: abolish the lead government department model for whole-system civil emergency preparedness and resilience; and require the Cabinet Office to lead on preparing for and building resilience to whole-system civil emergencies across UK government departments, including monitoring the preparedness and resilience of other departments, supporting departments to correct problems, and escalating issues to the UK...

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Inquiry recommendation

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F210 - Code of conduct for healthcare support workers

Mid Staffs Inquiry

There should be a national code of conduct for healthcare support workers.

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Inquiry recommendation

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F209 - Registration of healthcare support workers

Mid Staffs Inquiry

A registration system should be created under which no unregistered person should be permitted to provide for reward direct physical care to patients currently under the care and treatment of a registered nurse or a registered doctor (or who are dependent on such care by reason of disability and/or infirmity) in a hospital or care home setting. The...

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Inquiry recommendation

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F208 - Strengthening identification of healthcare support workers and nurses

Mid Staffs Inquiry

Commissioning arrangements should require provider organisations to ensure by means of identity labels and uniforms that a healthcare support worker is easily distinguishable from that of a registered nurse.

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Inquiry recommendation

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F207 - Strengthening identification of healthcare support workers and nurses

Mid Staffs Inquiry

There should be a uniform description of healthcare support workers, with the relationship with currently registered nurses made clear by the title.

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Inquiry recommendation

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BRIS-99 - Mandate direct supervision for clinicians performing new clinical procedures until expert

Bristol Heart Inquiry

Any clinician carrying out any clinical procedure for the first time must be directly supervised by colleagues who have the necessary skill, competence and experience until such time as the relevant degree of expertise has been acquired.

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Inquiry recommendation

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R23 - TVN training and qualification

Vale of Leven Inquiry

Health Boards should ensure that a nurse appointed as Tissue Viability Nurse (TVN) is appropriately trained and possesses, or is working towards, a recognised specialist post-registration qualification.

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Inquiry recommendation

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IHRD-13 - Foundation Doctors in Children's Wards

Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Foundation doctors should not be employed in children's wards.

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Inquiry recommendation

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BRIS-186 - Require all surgeons operating on children to obtain paediatric qualification and revalidation

Bristol Heart Inquiry

All surgeons who operate on children, including those who also operate on adults, must undergo training in the care of children and obtain a recognised professional qualification in the care of children. As matter of priority, the GMC, the body responsible for the revalidation of doctors, should agree with the Royal College of Surgeons of England the appropriate...

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BRIS-184 - Ensure children are cared for in paediatric environments by qualified professionals

Bristol Heart Inquiry

Children should always (save in exceptional circumstances, such as emergencies) be cared for in a paediatric environment, and always by healthcare professionals who hold a recognised qualification in caring for children. This is especially so in relation to paediatric intensive care.

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