Hear from people about their experiences of delegated healthcare activities.
Blog: Delegated healthcare: the journey continues
Read a joint blog from Professor Oonagh Smyth, CEO Skills for Care and Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse Adult Social Care in the Department of Health and Social Care. They reflect on the continued importance of delegated healthcare activities and tell us about changes made to the guiding principles following an evaluation into how they are being used.
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Registered manager webinar: Delegated healthcare activities
Watch our webinar for social care managers for an introduction to the voluntary guiding principles for delegated healthcare activities and supporting resources. You'll find out from Skills for Care and those using the principles about practical ways for you to apply them within your service.
Rob Moriarty shares his story about delegation of healthcare activity to the personal assistants he employs.
Hear from some of the people involved in the Tameside Blended Roles project and their approach to closer collaboration between care providers and the local neighbourhood teams.
St Martin’s Care in Northumberland are working together with the North East Ambulance Service and Ageing Well to train care workers in the use of the lifting cushions to improve non-injured fall outcomes. Hear their story so far.
Lincolnshire Care Association and Lincolnshire ICB have been working together to develop safe operating procedures for a telehealth monitoring kit, a digital solution to improve outcomes for those accessing care and support in residential homes. Here’s their story filmed in Ashdene Care Home, Sleaford.
Melanie Weatherley MBE, Chair of Lincolnshire Care Association, has also written a blog sharing her experience.
Watch this video to hear from Dr. Suzanne Glover who receives direct payments to manage her own care. She shares her experiences of delegated healthcare activities, including first response chest physio and speech and language therapy.
Leeds system approach to support delegated healthcare
Learn about a system wide approach to support delegated healthcare activities. This webinar and video case studies from Leeds City Council describe their health and wellbeing pilot project.
Case study: Phase 1 of the project
Case study: Project benefits
Case study: Project next steps
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Sirona care and health CIC is a not-for-profit social enterprise commissioned by the NHS and local authorities. In this case study the tell us about their insulin delegation pilot.
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Vitality Home Health offer home care in the Sevenoaks and Gravesham area of Kent. Here they share their experiences of upskilling staff around delegated healthcare acitivites to meet changing care needs.
Delegated healthcare activities from the perspective of individual employers and PAs
Watch our series of videos that demonstrate how delegated healthcare activities can be implemented safely and effectively by individual employers and the personal assistants that they employ. The videos are split across the four guiding principles for delegated healthcare activities, showing best practice and advice in each area.