Consultations

Minimum training standards and code of conduct for healthcare support workers and adult social care workers in England

Skills for Health and Skills for Care have been commissioned by the Department of Health to jointly convene a project to develop a code of conduct and standards which set out high-level proficiencies for the role and expectations around:

• healthcare support workers (reporting to registered nurses and midwives)
• adult social care workers (working in support of health and social care professionals, independently, for Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered residential care providers, or as domiciliary care workers in England)

Further details of the consultation and for an opportunity to join one of the consultation events please click here.