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Health Care Assistant Learning Contract - PDF
Sitting down with your mentor and working through a learning contract will help you both to identify what time and help you will need to complete the course.
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants - Link
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants is the new monthly journal for healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners, and the only journal to recognise the importance and potential of this large group of healthcare workers.

The journal is essential reading for all HCAs and assistant practitioners who are serious about developing their own career, as well as providing the best possible support for the patients in their care.
Primary Care Contracting - Link
NHS Primary Care Contracting (NHS PCC) has been providing valuable commissioning, contracting and communications support for SHAs, PCTs and the Department of Health since 2005. NHS PCC operates on a subscription model and all PCTs currently subscribe to its services.

NHS PCC provides PCTs with local insight into national policy and supports implementation and best practice in commissioning and contracting across all areas of primary and community care.
British Thoracic Society Asthma Guidelines - Link
The 2008 edition of the BTS/SIGN British Guideline on the Management of Asthma was published in the May 2008 issue of Thorax. The new 2008 guideline (revised June 2009) contains a completely rewritten section on diagnosis for both adults and children; a section on special situations which includes occupational asthma, asthma in pregnancy and the new topic of difficult asthma; updated sections on pharmacological and non-pharmacological management; and amalgamated sections on patient education and compliance, and on organisation of care and audit.

2009 revisions include updates to pharmacological management, the management of acute asthma and asthma in pregnancy. Update searches were conducted on inhaler devices but there was insufficient new evidence to change the existing recommendations. The annexes have also been amended to reflect current evidence.
Health Care Assistants and Assistant Practitioners Delegation and Accountability Booklet - PDF
Management of COPD - Link
This guidance is for the care and treatment of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (which is usually shortened to COPD) in the NHS in England and Wales. It explains guidance (advice) from NICE (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). It is written for people with COPD but it may also be useful for their families or carers or for anyone with an interest in the condition.
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) - Link
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) works with health care professionals and public health officials to raise awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and to improve prevention and treatment of this lung disease for patients around the world.
SIGN Guidelines - Link
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops evidence based clinical practice guidelines for the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland. SIGN guidelines are derived from a systematic review of the scientific literature and are designed as a vehicle for accelerating the translation of new knowledge into action to meet our aim of reducing variations in practice, and improving patient-important outcomes.
Asthma UK - Link
Asthma UK is the charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.4 million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma.
Royal College of Nursing - Link
The RCN represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies.
Department of Health (2007) Immunisation against Infectious Disease - Link
This new edition (2006) presents latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures for all the vaccine preventable infectious diseases that may occur in the UK. In particular it deals with those immunisations that comprise the routine immunisation programme for all children from birth to adolescence.

All health professionals that give immunisations or provide information and advice on them will find that this edition of the Green Book has been fully updated and gives a comprehensive and invaluable source of current information.

A hard copy of the Green Book has been distributed to immunisation health professionals. All the new chapters are also available to download in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Securing Our Future Health: Taking A Long-Term View - PDF
This review assesses the long-term resource requirements for the health service in the UK.
WiPP resources - Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccine - Link
The Working in Partnership Programme (WiPP) in collaboration with the Primary Care Training Centre, Bradford and Cheshire and Merseyside Teaching PCT Collaborative, have developed resources for general practice to enable HCAs to safely administer the influenza and pneumococcal vaccine to adults.
DoH Ayling Enquiry - Link
Report of an independent investigation into how the NHS handled allegations about the conduct of Clifford Ayling.
Easyhealth - Link
Here you can find health information that is easy to understand.
Maintaining Boundaries - PDF
General Medical Council Documentation on Maintaining Boundaries - guidance for doctors. Recommended reading for students on our Chaperone course.
Office of the Public Guardian - Link
The Office of the Public Guardian supports and promotes decision making for those who lack capacity or would like to plan for their future, within the framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
NHS Constitution - PDF
For the first time in the history of the NHS, the constitution brings together in one place details of what staff, patients and the public can expect from the National Health Service. It also explains what you can do to help support the NHS, help it work effectively, and help ensure that its resources are used responsibly.

The Constitution sets out your rights as an NHS patient. These rights cover how patients access health services, the quality of care you’ll receive, the treatments and programmes available to you, confidentiality, information and your right to complain if things go wrong.
NHS Clean, Safe Care - PDF
This document draws together recent initiatives to tackle healthcare associated infections and improve cleanliness and details new areas where the NHS should consider investing to ensure that patients receive clean and safe treatment whenever and wherever they are treated by the NHS.
NICE Guideline on Infection Control - PDF
The NICE clinical guideline on infection control provides a set of measures to avoid infection that should be followed by anyone giving or receiving care at home, at a health centre or clinic, or elsewhere in the community.
RCN Needlestick Injuries - PDF
Health care workers risk exposure to viruses such as hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as a result of injury from used medical sharps, such as needles or scalpel blades on a daily basis. Whilst these injuries expose workers to over 20 different blood borne diseases, the majority of these injuries could be prevented.
Environment Agency - Link
Clinical waste and sharps bin policies.
DoH Guide to Consent - Link
This document provides a guide to the legal framework that all health professionals need to take account of in obtaining valid consent for any examination, treatment or care that they propose to undertake.
National Patient Safety Agency - Link
The National Patient Safety Agency leads and contributes to improved, safe patient care by informing, supporting and influencing the health sector.
Wound Cleansing - Link
In an article for the Nursing Times, Robert Gannon discusses whether sterile 0.9% saline or sterile water should be used as the main cleansing solution in hospital settings. He also explores the importance of warming cleansing solutions before use. The physiological and practical benefits of each solution will be analysed.

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