Mandatory Training
Why is training necessary?
- It is vitally important to deliver safe and high-quality care and treatment.
- Providers must equip their staff to do their jobs.
- If professionals are asked to work outside their normal scope of practice, this must not be against their will.
- Healthcare workers should not be expected to take on activity that they have not been trained to do or do not have the skills for.
- Therefore, providers may need to offer training or development to ensure their staff have up-to-date skills and knowledge.
- Providers must take reasonable steps to support their staff, so that both patients and practice staff are safe.
What training do we have to do?
The CQC do not provide a definitive list of mandatory training. However, these are some examples of training that they would expect to see evidence of:
- Basic life support
- Infection control
- Fire safety training
- Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Safeguarding Adults at Risk and Safeguarding Children
The CQC could ask you to demonstrate training for clinical staff linked to their specific clinical responsibilities. It is vital that we keep all our staff up-to-date to ensure quality and maintain our core values.
The CQC will always look at whether your staff are trained and up-to-date with the relevant and current knowledge to carry out their tasks at work.
Releasing your staff to go on training updates is a necessity.
Please remember to take a look at our Courses page where many of these courses may be offered.