| TOPIC | ARTICLE | HSCA Regulation | LINK |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Domestic gas health and safety (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 |  |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | DSDC Good practice guidelines on lighting (Stirling Dementia Service Development Centre) | 12,15,17 |  |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Stirling Dementia Service Development Centre (DSDC) | 12,15,17 | |
| Care Act and Care Certificate | Care certificate (Skills for Care) | 18,19 | |
| Care, treatment and support | A Better Life for older people with high support needs: At a glance summary 65 (Social Care Insitute for Excellence, May 2014) | 9 | |
| Care, treatment and support | A Better Life for older people with high support needs: the role of social care (May 2014, Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 9 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Adult social care outcomes framework 2015/16 (Department of Health) | 9,17 | |
| Care, treatment and support | GP services for older people: a guide for care home managers – SCIE guide 52 – PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, December 2013) | 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 | |
| Care, treatment and support | GP services for older people: a guide for care home managers – SCIE guide 52 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, December 2013) | 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Life Story Network resources | 9,10 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Living well through activity in care homes: the toolkit (College of Occupational Therapists) | 9,10 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Making the move to delivering reablement: At a glance summary 56 – PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, March 2012) | 9,10,18 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Making the move to delivering reablement: At a glance summary 56 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, March 2012) | 9,10,18 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Maximising the potential of reablement – SCIE guide 49 – PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, March 2013) | 9,10,18 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Maximising the potential of reablement – SCIE guide 49 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, March 2013) | 9,10,18 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Preventing loneliness and social isolation among older people: At a glance summary 60 – PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, May 2012) | 9,10 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Preventing loneliness and social isolation among older people: At a glance summary 60 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, May 2012) | 9,10 | |
| Challenging behaviour | People whose behaviour challenges (Skills for Care) | 13 | |
| Complaints | Complaints guides (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 16 | |
| Complaints | Complaints resources for adult social care (Local Government Ombudsmen) | 16 | |
| Complaints | Ombudsman decisions: adult social care services (Local Government Ombudsman) | 16,17 | |
| Complaints | Review of adult social care complaints 2013 (Local Government Ombudsmen, May 2014) | 16 | |
| Dignity and respect | Common core principles for dignity guide (Skills for Care) | 10 | |
| Dignity and respect | Dignity in Care Network resources | 10 | |
| End of life care | End of life care resources (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 9,10,11 | |
| Fees | Unfair terms in care homes contracts | 19 | |
| Fire safety | Fire safety risk assessment: Residential care premises | 15 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | Safer food better business for residential care (Food Standards Agency) | 14 | |
| General resource | NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | all | |
| General resource | SCIE at-a-glance summaries (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | all | |
| General resource | SCIE guides (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | all | |
| General resource | SCIE publications (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | all | |
| General resource | Social Care TV (requires registration) | all | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | Infection prevention and control in care homes: Information resource (Department Head) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | National specifications for cleanliness: care homes (National Patient Safety Agency) | 12,15 | |
| Medicines | Handling of medicines in social care (Royal Pharmaceutical Society) | 12 | |
| Medicines | Managing medicines in care homes (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 9,12 | |
| Medicines | Managing medicines in care homes: checklist for care home (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 9,12 | |
| Mental health | Common core principles for mental health and wellbeing in adult social care (Skills for Care) | 9,10 | |
| Mental health | Mental wellbeing of older people in care homes - Quality Standard 50 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, December 2013) | 9,10 | |
| Mental health | Mental wellbeing of older people in care homes: Using quality standards to improve practice in care homes for older people (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 9,10 | |
| Mental health | New video to support mental wellbeing of older people in care homes quality standard (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 9,10 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Guidance on food served to older people in residential care (Food Standards Agency) | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Nutritional care and older people (Social Care Institute for Excellence, March 2009) | 14 | |
| Personalised care | Guidance on personalisation (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 9,10,11,12,13,14 | |
| Personalised care | Guidance on personalisation (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for advocacy workers - SCIE at a glance summary 12 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, August 2009) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for advocacy workers - SCIE at a glance summary 12 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, August 2009) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for home care providers - SCIE at a glance summary 7 - PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, June 2009) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for home care providers - SCIE at a glance summary 7 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, June 2009) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people - SCIE at a glance summary 42 - PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, April 2011) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people - SCIE at a glance summary 42 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, April 2011) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for nursing homes - SCIE at a glance summary 20 - PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, January 2010) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for nursing homes - SCIE at a glance summary 20 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, January 2010) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for residential care homes - SCIE at a glance summary 17 - PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, November 2009) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications for residential care homes - SCIE at a glance summary 17 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, November 2009) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications of the Equality Act 2010 - SCIE at a glance summary 41 - PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, April 2011) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Personalisation briefing: Implications of the Equality Act 2010 - SCIE at a glance summary 41 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, April 2011) | 9,10 | |
| Personalised care | Think Local Act Personal Partnership guidance on personalisation | 9,10 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Recommendations for CQC providers guide (Skills for Care) | 18,19 | |
| Restrictive practice/restraint | Managing risk, minimising restraint - SCIE at a glance summary 16 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, October 2009) | 9,10,11,12,18 | |
| Restrictive practice/restraint | Managing risk, minimising restraint - SCIE at a glance summary 16 -PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, October 2009) | 9,10,11,12,18 | |
| Restrictive practice/restraint | Restrictive practices (Skills for Care) | 13 | |
| Safeguarding | Adult safeguarding: Resources (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 13 | |
| Safeguarding | Commissioning care homes: common safeguarding challenges - SCIE guide 46 - PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, February 2012) | 9,10,12,13,14 | |
| Safeguarding | Commissioning care homes: common safeguarding challenges - SCIE guide 46 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, February 2012) | 9,10,12,13,14 | |
| Safeguarding | Safeguarding adults: A national framework of standards for good practice and outcomes in adult protection work (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services) | 13 | |
| Safeguarding | Safeguarding children and adults (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 13 | |
| Staff support and training | Developing skills and services resources (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 17 | |
| Staff support and training | Effective supervision in a variety of settings - SCIE guide 50 - PDF (Social Care Institute for Excellence, May 2013) | 9,17,18 | |
| Staff support and training | Effective supervision in a variety of settings - SCIE guide 50 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, May 2013) | 9,17,18 | |
| Staff support and training | Manager induction standards (Skills for Care) | 18 | |
| Staff support and training | National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC) (Skills for Care) | 17,18 | |
| Staff support and training | National Skills Academy for Social Care | 18,19 | |
| Staff support and training | NMDS-SC dashboards (Skills for Care) | 17 | |
| Staff support and training | Skills for Care | 18 | |
| Staff support and training | Social care commitment (Skills for Care) | 10,18 | |
| Staff support and training | The social care commitment | 10,18 | |
| Staff support and training | The social care manager's handbook (National Skills Academy for Social Care) | 18,19 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | People management resources (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 15,18,19 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | Workforce planning (Skills for Care) | 18 | |
| Whistleblowing | Whistleblowing guides (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 12,13 | |
| ARTICLE | HSCA Regulation | LINK |
| The Abortion Act 1967 | 12 | |
| Autism Act 2009 | 9,12 | |
| The Care Act 2014 | All | |
| Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 | 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 | |
| Care Quality Commission (Registration) and (Additional Functions) and Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (Amendment to Parts 4 & 5) | 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 | |
| Care Quality Commission (Registration and Membership) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 | 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 | |
| Children Act 1989 | 9,11,13 | |
| Children Act 2004 | 9,11,13 | |
| Children and Young Persons Act 1933 | 9,11,13 | |
| Civil Contingences Act 2004 | 12 | |
| Companies Act 2006 | 5 | |
| Control of Substances hazardous to Health regulations 2002 | 15,17 | |
| The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2013 | 12 | |
| Data Protection Act 1998 | 10,12,16,17 | |
| Dentists Act 1984 | 18 | |
| The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 | 12,15,17 | |
| Employment Rights Act 1996 | 17,18,19 | |
| Equality Act 2010 | 5,9,10,13,15,17,18,19 | |
| Equality Act 2010: Chapter 1 (protected characteristics) Chapter 2 (prohibited conduct) and Chapter 3 (services and public functions) | 13 | |
| Food Safety Act 1990 | 14 | |
| The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 | 14 | |
| Freedom of Information Act 2000 | 17 | |
| The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) regulations 1998 | 12,15,17 | |
| The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 | 15,17 | |
| The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 | 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 | |
| Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Registration and Regulated Activities (Amendment)) Regulations 2015 | 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 | |
| The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 | 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 | |
| Health Professional Council – legal framework | 17,19,20 | |
| Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 | 12,15,17,18 | |
| The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 | 12,15,18 | |
| The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2002 | 12,15,18 | |
| Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 | 18 | |
| Human Rights Act 1998 | 5,9,10,13,15,18 | |
| The Human Tissue Act 2004 | 10 | |
| The Human Tissue Authority codes of practice | 10 | |
| The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 | 12,15,17 | |
| The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 | 12,15,17 | |
| The Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service complaints (England) regulations 2009 | 16 | |
| Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 | 12,15,17,18 | |
| The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 | 12,15,17 | |
| The Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) 2002 | 12,15,17 | |
| Medical Act 1983 | 18 | |
| The Medical Devices Regulations 2002 | 12,15,17 | |
| The Medical Devices (Amendment) Regulations 2012 | 12,15,17 | |
| Medicines Act 1968 | 9,12 | |
| The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 | 9,12 | |
| Mental Capacity Act 2005 | 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,20 | |
| TOPIC | ARTICLE | HSCA Regulation | LINK |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Central alerting system | 12 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | DH health building notes (Department of Health) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Electrical safety and you (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Electrical safety at work (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Gas safety toolbox (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Health Building Note 00-10 Part D: Windows and associated hardware (Department of Health) | 12 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Lighting at work (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Medical devices regulation and safety | 12,15 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | PAT - Portable appliance testing FAQs (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Pressure systems (Health and Safety Executive) | 15 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Provision and use of work equipment regulations (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Safe premises (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Caldicott | Caldicott principles | 10,12 | |
| Caldicott | Caldicott principles - revised principles 2013 | 10,12 | |
| Caldicott | Caldicott review: information governance in the health and care system | 10,12 | |
| Care Act and Care Certificate | Care Act 2014 (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | all | |
| Care Act and Care Certificate | Care Act 2014 part 1: factsheets (Department of Health, June 2014) | all | |
| Care Act and Care Certificate | Care and support statutory guidance, issued under the Care Act 2014 (Department of Health, October 2014) | all | |
| Care Act and Care Certificate | Care certificate (Health Education England) | 18,19 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Common core principles for self-care (Skills for Care) | 12 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Compassion in practice nursing, midwifery and care staff: Our vision and strategy | 10 | |
| Care, treatment and support | NHS choice framework 2014/15 | 9 | |
| Challenging behaviour | A core principles commissioning tool for the development of local specifications for services supporting children, young people, adults and older people with learning disabilities and/or autism who display or are at risk of displaying behaviour that challenges (NHS England and Local Government Association, 2014) | 13 | |
| Challenging behaviour | Services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour or mental health needs – Mansell report: revised edition (Department of Health) | 13 | |
| Complaints | Complaints in the NHS (Department of Health guidance) | 16 | |
| Complaints | Complaints matter (Care Quality Commission, December 2014) | 16 | |
| Complaints | MIND – complaining about health and social care | 16 | |
| Complaints | My expectations for raising concerns and complaints (Local Government Ombudsman, Healthwatch, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, November 2014) | 16 | |
| Complaints | Principles of good complaint handling (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman) | 16 | |
| Conduct, ethics and performance | Nursing standards for competence (Nursing and Midwifery Council) | 17,18,19,20 | |
| Conduct, ethics and performance | Standards of conduct, performance and ethics (Health and Care Professions Council) | 5,18 | |
| Conduct, ethics and performance | The code – Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives (Nursing and Midwifery Council) | 11,17,18,19,20 | |
| Conduct, ethics and performance | The prep handbook (Nursing and Midwifery Council) | 17,18,19,20 | |
| Conduct, ethics and performance | The seven principals of public life (Committee on standards for public life) | 5 | |
| Confidentiality | A guide to confidentiality in health and social care (Health and Social Care Information Centre, 2013) | 17 | |
| Consent | Consent guidance: patients and doctors making decisions together (General Medical Council) | 11 | |
| Consent | Gillick competence or Fraser guidelines | 11,20 | |
| Continence | Faecal incontinence – Quality standard 54 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, February 2014) | 9,10 | |
| Continence | Improving continence care for patients (Royal College of Nursing) | 9,10 | |
| Continuing professional development | Professional development (Royal College of Nursing) | 18 | |
| Continuing professional development | Standards for continuing professional development (Health and Care Professions Council) | 17,18,19 | |
| COSHH | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) (Health and Safety Executive) | 15,17 | |
| COSHH | The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002: Approved code of practice and guidance (Health and Safety Executive) | 15,17 | |
| Data protection | Data Protection Act 1998: guidance | 10,12,16,17 | |
| Data protection | ICO guidance on data protection (Information Commissioner's Office) | 10,12,16,17 | |
| Data protection | ICO In the picture: A data protection code of practice for surveillance cameras and personal information (Information Commissioner's Office) | 15,11,17 | |
| Data protection | Information governance and Caldicott principles (Department of Health) | 12,17 | |
| Data protection | Information sharing: Guidance for practitioners and managers – departmental advice for professionals on when and how to share information about children, young people and families (HM Government) | 10,12,13 | |
| Dignity and respect | Dignity in Care – SCIE guide 15 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, June 2010 (updated May 2013)) | 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 | |
| Dignity and respect | Eliminating Mixed sex accommodation – Declaration Exercise - Letter to Chief Executives (Department of Health, 10 February 2011) | 10,15 | |
| Dignity and respect | Eliminating mixed sex accommodation - PL/CNO/2009/02 (Chief Nursing Officer’s Letter, 17 May 2009) | 10,15 | |
| Dignity and respect | Eliminating mixed sex accommodation - PL/CNO/2010/3 (letter from Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, November 2010) | 10,15 | |
| Disclosure and Barring (DBS) | Disclosure and Barring | 5,18,19 | |
| Disclosure and Barring (DBS) | Disclosure and Barring identity checking guidelines | 5,18,19 | |
| Disclosure and Barring (DBS) | Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks guidance (Care Quality Commission) | 5,18,19 | |
| End of life care | Dying well at home: the case for integrated working – SCIE guide 48 – PDF – (Social Care Institute for Excellence, May 2013) | 9,10,11 | |
| End of life care | Dying well at home: the case for integrated working – SCIE guide 48 (Social Care Institute for Excellence, May 2013) | 9,10,11 | |
| End of life care | End of life care guidance (General Medical Council) | 9,10,11 | |
| End of life care | Five priorities for care of the dying person (NHS England) | 9,10,11 | |
| End of life care | One chance to get it right: improving people's experience of care in the last days and hours of life (Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People) | |
|
| End of life care | Priorities for care of the dying person: Duties and responsibilities of health and care staff – with prompts for practice (Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People) | |
|
| End of life care | Quality standard for end of life care for adults (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 9,10,11 | |
| Equality and human rights | EHRC employment statutory code of practice - sections on reasonable adjustments and pre-employment health checks (Equality and Human Rights Commission) | 5,17,18,19 | |
| Equality and human rights | Employment statutory code of practice (Equality and Human Rights Commission) | 5,17,18,19 | |
| Equality and human rights | Equality Act 2010 guidance | 5,9,10,13,15,17,18,19 | |
| Equality and human rights | Guidance about age discrimination (Equality and Human Rights Commission) | 5,17,18,19 | |
| Equality and human rights | Guidance for service providers about their duties under the Equality Act 2010 (Equality and Human Rights Commission) | 5,9,10,13,15,17,18,19 | |
| Equality and human rights | Services, public functions and associations: Statutory code of practice (Equality and Human Rights Commission) | 5,9,10,13,15,17,18,19 | |
| Fees | Unfair contract terms | 19 | |
| Fire safety | Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (London Fire Brigade) | 15 | |
| Fire safety | Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: a short guide to making your premises safe from fire (HM Government) | 15 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | Essence of Care 2010: Benchmarks for food and drink (Department of Health) | 14 | |
| General resource | Health and Care Professions Council | 5,18 | |
| General resource | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) | 9,10,12,13,14,17 | |
| General resource | NHS Constitution for England 2013 | 10,11,15,16,17 | |
| General resource | The handbook to the NHS constitution - quality of care and environment pledge, pp 30/31 (Department of Health, 2012) | 10,11,15,16,17 | |
| Health and safety | Consulting employees on health and safety: A brief guide to the law (Health and Safety Executive) | 18 | |
| Health and safety | Guidance for health and social care services (Health and Safety Executive) | 12, 15, 17,18 | |
| Health and safety | Health and Safety Executive guidance | 12, 15, 18 | |
| Health and safety | Health and safety in care homes (Health and Safety Executive, June 2014) | 12, 15, 17,18 | |
| Health and safety | Leadership (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,18 | |
| Health and safety | Leading health and safety at work (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,18 | |
| Health and safety | Managing for health and safety - HSG65 guidance (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,18 | |
| Health and safety | Managing for health and safety (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,18 | |
| Health and safety | Natural rubber latex sensitisation in health and social care (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,17,18 | |
| Health and safety | NHS Employers: Workplace health and safety standards | 12,15,17,18 | |
| Health and safety | Selection latex gloves (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,17,18 | |
| Health and safety | Sharp Instruments in Healthcare Regulations 2013 (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,17,18 | |
| Health and safety | Sharps injuries (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,17,18 | |
| Health and safety | Ventilation (Health and Safety Executive) | 15 | |
| Health and safety | Violence at work: guidance for employers (Health and Safety Executive) | 18 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | Decontamination guidelines (British Society of Gastroenterology) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | Health building note 00-09: Infection control in the built environment (Department of Health, 2013) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | Infection: Prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in primary and community care - NICE guideline CG139 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, March 2012) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | NICE Quality Standard 61: Infection prevention and control (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, April 2014) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | The code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance (Department of Health) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | The Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance (Department of Health) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | The revised healthcare cleaning manual (National Patient Safety Agency, 2009) | 12,15 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | Wipe it out (Royal College of Nursing) | 12,15 | |
| Medicines | Medicines management (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 12 | |
| Medicines | Standards for medicines management (Nursing and Midwifery Council) | 12 | |
| Mental capacity | Mental Capacity Act 2005 code of practice | 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,20 | |
| Mental capacity | Mental Capacity Act resources (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 9, 10,11,17 | |
| Mental health | Code of practice: Mental Health Act 1983 (Department of Health) | 10,13, 17 | |
| Moving and handling | Hoisting (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Moving and handling | How the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER / PUWER) apply to health and social care | 12,15,17 | |
| Moving and handling | Moving and handling in health and social care (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,15,17 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Diet, nutrition and obesity (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Nutrition and hydration (Royal College of Nursing) | 14 | |
| Personalised care | Dementia – person-centred care planning (Royal College of Nursing) | 9 | |
| Personalised care | Dementia: NICE quality standard 1 (National Institute for Care Excellence, 2010) | 9 | |
| Personalised care | Guidance on supporting people with dementia (Royal College of Nursing) | 9 | |
| Personalised care | Supporting people to live well with dementia: NICE quality standard 30 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, April 2013) | 9 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Changes to registration (Care Quality Commission) | |
|
| Quality monitoring/governance | Charity Commission guidance | 5 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Into practice guide (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 17 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance | all | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards topic library | all | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | NHS England Accessible Information | 16,17 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Notifications for non-NHS providers (Care Quality Commission) | |
|
| Quality monitoring/governance | Prevention of future death reports (previously Rule 43 reports) by the Chief Coroner | 17 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Professional Standards Authority | 17,18,19,20 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Professional Standards Authority – standards November 2013 | 5 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) resources (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 17 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Registration (Care Quality Commission) | |
|
| Records | Records management: NHS code of practice (Department of Health,2006) | 17 | |
| Restrictive practice/restraint | Positive and proactive care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions (Department of Health) | 13 | |
| Risk assessment | Managing risk from hot water and surfaces in health and social care (Health and Safety Executive) | 12 | |
| Risk assessment | Risk assessment (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,13,15 | |
| Risk assessment | Sensible risk assessment in care settings (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,13,15 | |
| Safeguarding | Clinical governance and adult safeguarding (Department of Health) | 13 | |
| Safeguarding | What to do if you're worried a child is being abused (HM Government) | 13 | |
| Safeguarding | When to suspect child maltreatment - NICE guideline CG89 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, June 2009) | 13 | |
| Safeguarding | Working together to safeguard children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (Department for Education) | 13 | |
| Safety | Cryptic clue or familiar sign | 12 | |
| Safety | Safety alerts published by NHS England | 12 | |
| Safety | Safety warnings, alerts and recalls published by the MHRA | 12 | |
| Slips, trips and falls | Falls from windows or balconies in health and social care (Health and Safety Executive) | 12 | |
| Slips, trips and falls | Slips and trips in health and social care (Health and Safety Executive) | 12 | |
| Staff support and training | Management standards (Health and Safety Executive) | 18 | |
| Staff support and training | Resuscitation Guidelines 2010 (Resuscitation Council UK) | 12,17 | |
| Staff support and training | Review of healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (The Cavendish Review - Department of Health, July 2013) | 18 | |
| Staff support and training | Work related stress (Health and Safety Executive) | 18 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | Fit for work: Health and work service assessment (HM Government) | 18 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | Values based recruitment (Skills for Care) | 18,19 | |
| Waste management | Safe management of healthcare waste - version 2.0, 2nd edition (Department of Health,2012 ) | 12 | |
| Water systems (including legionella) | Hot and cold water supply, storage and distribution systems for healthcare premises (Department of Health) | 12 | |
| Whistleblowing | Raising a concern with CQC: A quick guide for health and care staff about whistleblowing (Care Quality Commission) | 12,13 | |
| Whistleblowing | Raising concerns at work: whistleblowing guidance for workers and employers in health and social care | 12,13 | |
| Whistleblowing | Whistleblowing: Guidance for providers who are registered with the Care Quality Commission (Care Quality Commission, November 2013) | 12,13 | |
| TOPIC | ARTICLE | HSCA Regulation | LINK |
| Abortion/termination of pregnancy | Guidance in relation to requirements of the Abortion Act 1967 (Department of Health, May 2014) | 12 | |
| Abortion/termination of pregnancy | Procedures for the approval of independent sector places for the termination of pregnancy: Required Standard Operating Procedures (RSOPs) (Department of Health, May 2014) | 12 | |
| Abortion/termination of pregnancy | Termination of pregnancy: An RCN nursing framework (Royal College of Nursing) | 12 | |
| Abortion/termination of pregnancy | The care of women seeking induced abortion (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2011) | 12 | |
| Care, treatment and support | NICE interventional procedures guidance (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 11 | |
| Care, treatment and support | Pressure ulcers: prevention and management of pressure ulcers (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 12 | |
| Care, treatment and support | The management of pressure ulcers in primary and secondary care: A clinical practice guideline (Royal College of Nursing, 2005) | 12 | |
| Challenging behaviour | Meeting needs and reducing distress: guidance on the prevention and management of clinically related challenging behaviour in NHS settings (NHS Protect, 2013) | 13 | |
| Complaints | Good practice standards for NHS complaints handling (Patients Association, September 2013) | 16 | |
| Complaints | Independent sector complaints adjudication service | 16 | |
| Conduct, ethics and performance | Midwives rules and standards 2012 (Nursing and Midwifery Council) | 17,18,19,20 | |
| Confidentiality | Confidentiality: NHS code of practice (Department of Health, 2003) | 17 | |
| Consent | Using surveillance: information for service providers | 11 | |
| Consent | Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment – second edition (Department of Health, August 2009) | 11 | |
| Consent | Seeking consent: working with children (Department of Health, 2001) | 11 | |
| Duty of candour | NHS Standard Contract 2014/15: Updated Technical Guidance (Appendix 5: Contractual requirements relating to Duty of Candour) | 20 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | Alerts, product withdrawals and recalls (Food Standards Agency) | 14 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | General food law (Food Standards Agency) | 14 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | Healthier and more sustainable catering: a toolkit for serving food to adults (Public Health England, February 2014) | 14 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | Hygiene and food safety guidance (Food Standards Agency) | 14 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | The Food Safety Act 1990 – A guide for food businesses (Food Standards Agency) | 14 | |
| Food safety/hygiene | The Government buying standard for food and catering services | 14 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | PAS 5748:2014 Specification for the planning, application, measurement and review of cleanliness services in hospitals | 15 | |
| Medicines | Professional standards for hospital pharmacy services: Optimising patient outcomes from medicines (Royal Pharmaceutical Society) | 12 | |
| Medicines | Technical patient safety solutions for medicines reconciliation on admission of adults to hospital - NICE Guidance PSG001 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, December 2007) | 12 | |
| Mental health | Provision of mental health care for adults who have a learning disability (Royal College of Nursing) | 9,10,11,12,13 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | 10 key characteristics – food quality guidance (Council of Europe) | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | BAPEN: Malnutrition universal screening tool | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) explanatory booklet | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Nutrition for specific groups (Royal College of Nursing) | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Nutrition support in adults (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Patient-led assessments of the care environment (PLACE): Organisational questions (NHS England) | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | The Hospital Food Standards Panel's report on standards for food and drink in hospitals (Department of Health) | 14 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | The nutrition and hydration digest: Improving outcomes through food and beverage services (British Dietetic Association) | 14 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Being open framework - guidance on communicating about patient safety incidents with patients, families and carers (NHS National Patient Safety Agency) | 12,17,20 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Definitions of levels of harm included in: National Patient Safety Agency, Seven Steps to Patient Safety | 12,17,20 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | National NHS staff survey reports | 17 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Never events list (update 2013/14) | 17 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | NHS premises assurance model | 15 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Patient experience in adult NHS services: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS services (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 9,16 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Quality and service improvement tools: Pre-operative assessment and planning (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement) | 9,11,12 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Quality standard for nutrition support in adults - NICE quality standard 24 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, November 2012) | 14 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Quality standard for patient experience in adult NHS services - NICE quality standard 15 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, February 2012) | 9,10,16 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Saying sorry (NHS Litigation Authority) | 20 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Service user experience in adult mental health - NICE quality standard 14 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 9,10,16 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Service user experience in adult mental health: improving the experience of care for people using adult NHS mental health services | 9,16 | |
| Risk assessment | Bed rail risk management - Sector information minute SIM 07/2012/06 (Health and Safety Executive) | 12,13,15 | |
| Risk assessment | Safe use of bedrails device bulletin (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regualtory Agency) | 12,13,15 | |
| Safety | Health care professionals Alerts Notices Directions 2006 (Department of Health) | 17,19,20 | |
| Slips, trips and falls | Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 12 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | Guideline on safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals | 18 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time (National Quality Board) | 18 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | Mandatory nurse staffing levels (Royal College of Nurses) | 18 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | NHS employment checks standard | 17,18,19,20 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | NICE safe staffing guidelines (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 18 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | Uniforms and workwear: guidance on uniforms and workwear for NHS employers (Department of Health) | 12 | |
| TOPIC | ARTICLE | HSCA Regulation | LINK |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | A risk based methodology for establishing and managing backlog maintenance (Department of Health, 2004) | 15 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Health technical memoranda series - including Policies and principles of healthcare engineering (HTM 00) (Department of Health, 2014) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Health technical memoranda series (Department of Health) | 12,15,17 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Medical gases pipeline systems - Health technical memorandum 02-01 (Department of Health) | 15 | |
| Buildings/premises and equipment | Policies and principles of healthcare engineering (HTM 00) (Department of Health, 2014) | 12,15,17 | |
| Challenging behaviour | Violence: The short-term management of disturbed/violent behaviour in in-patient psychiatric settings and emergency departments (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) | 13 | |
| Conduct, ethics and performance | Standards of conduct, ethics and performance (General Pharmaceutical Council) | 5,18 | |
| Continence | Lower urinary tract symptoms: The management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men – NICE clinical guideline 97 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, May 2010) | 9,10 | |
| Continence | Urinary incontinence: The management of urinary incontinence in women – NICE clinical guideline 171 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, September 2013) | 9,10 | |
| Deprivation of liberty | Mental Capacity Act 2005 Deprivation of liberty safeguards: Code of practice to supplement the main Mental Capacity Act 2005 code of practice | 13,17 | |
| Deprivation of liberty | Note on deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) judgements of the supreme court (Department of Health, April 2014) | 11,12,13 | |
| Dignity and respect | Dignity in Care resources (Social Care Institute for Excellence) | 10 | |
| Equality and human rights | A refreshed equality delivery system for the NHS (NHS England, 2013) | 17 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | Codes of practice (The Human Tissue Authority) | 11,17 | |
| Infection control/cleanliness | Prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections: Quality improvement guide | 12,15 | |
| Medicines | Protocol for ordering, storing and handling vaccines | 12 | |
| Nutrition and hydration | Water for health - hydration best practice toolkit for hospitals and healthcare (Royal College of Nursing) | 14 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | NHS BSA Security of Prescription Form Guidance | 12 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | NHS patient survey reports | 17 | |
| Quality monitoring/governance | Notifications for NHS trusts (Care Quality Commission) | |
|
| Quality monitoring/governance | Patient group directions - guideline MPG2 (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, August 2013) | 12 | |
| Records | Standards for the structure and content of patient records (Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and HSCIC, 2013) | 17 | |
| Safeguarding | Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competences for health care staff (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) | 13 | |
| Staffing and recruitment | Revalidation (General Medical Council) | 18 | |
| Water systems (including legionella) | Control of legionella in hot and cold water systems in care services / settings using temperature (Health and Safety Executive) | 12 | |
| Water systems (including legionella) | Legionnaires' disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems (Health and Safety Executive) | 12 | |
| Water systems (including legionella) | Management of Pseudomonas - addendum to HTM 04-01 (Department of Health) | 12 | |
Subcategories
Single Assessment Framework
New Single Assessment Framework 2024
Library of Legislation
Library of Regulations
SOLE TRADERS TO ENTERPRISES
Scalable solutions suitable for Providers of any size and trusted by well known brand names
