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‘If You Think Compliance Is Expensive; Try Noncompliance’

We hope you are coping with these extraordinary times and with all the changes you have had to make to be COVID-19 compliant.

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Risk: Helpful Tips
Risk: Helpful Tips

HCPG do not purport to be Health and Safety experts, but with the ongoing aim of facilitating a better understanding of this process. here is a revisit in the form of a blog. When you create your risk assessments remember: - Use a standard template - this is...

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Parental Responsibility and  Consent
Parental Responsibility and Consent

Do you treat under 18s? Do you understand who can give consent for under 13s? Our blogs before have covered 16 and 17 year olds and Gillick Competent 14 and 15 year olds so this month we are looking at under 13s. The CSP advises that children under 13 should be...

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Violence and Aggression
Violence and Aggression

Sadly the statistics for violence and aggression against health and social care workers continues to rise despite training and increased awareness across these sectors. This blog provides information and asks are you doing all you can to ensure you avoid becoming one...

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Duty of Candour
Duty of Candour

The professional duty of candour refers to openness and honesty when things go wrong within health and social care services. It is a professional responsibility to be honest with patients when things go wrong. As a doctor, nurse or midwife, allied health professional...

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Infection Prevention and Control
Infection Prevention and Control

Infection Prevention and Control The definition of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a practical, evidence-based approach preventing patients and health workers from being harmed by avoidable infections. Effective IPC...

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Statutory and Mandatory Training
Statutory and Mandatory Training

Why do we need to do mandatory training when we work in healthcare? What is the difference between statutory and mandatory training? Which courses do we need to do and how often do we need to repeat the training? Why do we need to do mandatory training when we work in...

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Servicing of Equipment
Servicing of Equipment

By Trimbio.co.uk for HCPG August 2021 Once clinics started to re-open we found that with the new infection control requirements in place,  many clinics found their couches where not compliant, with damaged upholstery, that could easily harbour viruses and bacteria....

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A Patient’s Perspective On Clinical Governance
A Patient’s Perspective On Clinical Governance

A patient’s perspective on clinical governance My view as a physiotherapy patient is that good clinical governance is vital to ensure quality, consistency and safety of physiotherapy care. Since my life-changing injury eleven years ago, I have been fortunate to have...

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A Letter To Physiotherapists
A Letter To Physiotherapists

A Letter To Physiotherapists Dear Colleague, We hope you are coping with these extraordinary times and with all the changes you have had to make to be COVID-19 compliant. It’s definitely brought robust governance to the fore and has probably made us all really think...

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