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Here you will find all the articles, Toolkit items and Q&As relating to Risk management.
Scroll down to see the articles, supporting Toolkit documents and Q&As in this section. You will find the most recent ones listed at the top.
Articles
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Free article: Managing risks from heatwaves
Martin Hodgson wrote about risks to people from hot weather in September 2016. As we face record breaking temperatures from the latest heatwave to be faced in the UK, and the Government publishes its latest heatwave plan in July 2022, we revisit the guidance.
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Coronavirus COVID 19 guidance for care settings
Martin Hodgson provides a summary of the coronavirus guidance for care providers.
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Preventing and managing falls
Kim Grove explains the importance of preventing falls and outlines what staff should do if they find that a service user has fallen.
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Emergency contingency planning
Martin Hodgson looks at the requirements for adult social care providers to have disaster recovery plans in place.
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Using incident data to improve your service
Tim Dallinger discusses how incident data can be used to drive continuous improvement.
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Free article: Learning from mistakes and incidents
One of the reasons why providers fail CQC inspections is that they do not learn from mistakes and incidents. This article looks at how to improve after mistakes.
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Free article: Risk management
Tim Dallinger looks at risk management – part of Regulation 12 of the fundamental standards.
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First aid in care homes and nursing homes
Heather Mawhinney looks at recent changes to the first aid regulations and provides advice on choosing an appropriate training provider.
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Risk assessments: are yours suitable and sufficient?
Bob Angel explains how to ensure that your risk assessments meet health and safety regulations.
Toolkit
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Form – Risk assessment template (blank) (all providers)
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Handout - Coronavirus dos and donts for service users carers and adult social care staff
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Worked example – Risk assessment for bringing a dog into a care home (care homes)
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Form – Care home fire risk assessment (care homes and nursing homes)
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Checklist - Heatwave safety (domiciliary care)
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Policy – Accident or incident reporting (all providers)
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Policy - Physical intervention and restraint (worked example) (care homes)
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Policy - Accident or incident reporting (all providers) (worked example)
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Form - Accident or incident reporting record (all providers)
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Policy - Physical intervention and restraint (worked example) (care homes)
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Form - Risk of falls assessment
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Policy - First aid (care homes and nursing homes)
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Policy - First aid (domiciliary care)
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Q&A
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Q. One of the people we support is sometimes aggressive towards our staff. We have provided our staff with e-learning training in managing challenging behaviour, but this has not improved the situation. What else can we do?
A. Providers of services for people who may be at risk of developing behaviours that challenge must have strategies in place to support those people. These strategies are called positive behaviour support (PBS). All too often the strategies in place are designed to manage the behaviour and this reactive approach is rarely effective in the long term. PBS is a proactive approach which helps to understand the reason for the behaviour so we can better meet people’s needs, enhance their quality of life and reduce the likelihood that the behaviour will happen.
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Q. When there is a vaccine for COVID-19, can we insist that all our staff and the people we support are vaccinated?
A. The Coronavirus Act 2020 introduced several powers, but mandatory medical treatment and vaccination remain explicitly prohibited in public health legislation across the UK. There is, however, potential for abuse leading to infringement of civil liberties and human rights unless the powers contained in the Coronavirus Act and other public health legislation are exercised lawfully.
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Q. One of the people we support had an unwitnessed fall the other day, but were fortunately unharmed. What are the key actions we should take in response to this incident?
A. The first thing to establish is whether the person actually fell. It may be that they put themselves on the floor, but it is equally possible that they were knocked to the floor.
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Q. We have been told that every person we support should have their own sling to be used when moving and positioning. Is this correct?
A. Good practice requires that all slings should be provided for single person use to assist with managing infection control, regardless of the type selected for use.
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Q: We are concerned that our risk assessments are not as detialed as they could be. What can we do to address this?
A. Risk assessments are one of the areas that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will focus on in an inspection of a service.
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