| 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 | |
Login for FREE access to resources
