Poisoning prevention checklist for people living with dementia

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Poisoning prevention checklist for people living with dementia

Provider: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

This simple poisoning prevention checklist is available to help carers, families and care staff assess risks and support safer home environments.

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Contributory factors framework for medicines errors in adult social care settings: An interactive guide

This interactive guide provides a framework to support the investigation of medicines errors in …

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Ergonomic Approach To Manual Handling: Techniques For Carers

This article explores the benefits of using an ergonomic approach to moving and handling. It cov…

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Falls – The only way is up (2023)

This podcast episode is a recording of a panel that was held at The Residential & Homec…

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Falls and Fractures Prevention in the Elderly

This course is aimed at anyone who wishes to learn about falls, and the methods that can be impl…

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Falls and fractures tools for care homes

Although these resources come from the Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s national regulator for…

Falls Prevention

This in-person course is for care workers in care homes and those who support people in their ow…

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Falls Prevention

This online course is for staff working with people who are at risk of falls and is delivered vi…

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Falls prevention

Falls are a major cause of injury in care settings, especially among older adults. By taking a p…

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Falls Prevention (e-Learning)

These free short eLearning modules are aimed at people working with older adults, with a view to…

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Falls Webinar for Care Homes

This is a recording of a webinar that took place on 13th March 2024 and included information on:…

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Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk

Published in April 2025, this updated guideline (NICE guideline NG249) replaces the previous gui…

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Fundamental Core Care Skills: Falls Prevention

This 30-minute online learning module is for care support staff working across a range of settin…

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Guidance on the management of alcohol in care settings

This guidance, shared in 2023, highlights both the benefits and potential risks of making alcoho…

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HCPA StopFalls resources

These resources complement HCPA’s StopFalls service, which aims to reduce falls across Hertfords…

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Health & Safety Podcast: The Concept of Positive Risk Taking

Hear from Health and Safety Consultant Neil Hughes-Hutchings on the concept of positive risk tak…

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Hot Weather Guidance for Carers

This free e-learning session helps increase awareness of the health risks posed by high temperat…

Involving people to manage risk

Protecting people from harm should be a priority for adult social care services. Practical and p…

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Involving people to manage risks

CQC’s quality statement on managing risks.

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Learning from accidents and events digital module

This interactive module helps managers conduct learning reviews to understand what can be learne…

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Learning from incidents and near misses

When staff feel safe and supported to report accidents, incidents, near misses, and errors, it c…

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Learning from safety incidents

These short case studies highlight real issues that have happened in care settings—what went wro…

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Level 2 Certificate in Falls Prevention

In this free online training course you will learn about the risk factors and causes of falls, a…

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Local Government Association

This tool helps practitioners identify restrictions in a person’s care. By highlighting restrict…

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Managing risk positively for person-centred outcomes

How can we support individuals to live their lives as fully and independently as possible while …

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Managing risks: outstanding

This page shares the characteristics of services the CQC would rate as outstanding in this area.

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Moving and handling

Supporting people with mobility is part of everyday life in care homes. This might mean helping …

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Moving and Handling Course For Carers & Care Workers

Perfect for team training and personal development, this manual handling course for carers will …

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Moving and Handling for People with Dementia

This course is aimed at those who care and provide moving and handling assistance for people wit…

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Moving and handling in health and social care

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides comprehensive guidance on safe moving and handlin…

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Moving and Handling of People – Adults

This online module is for staff who are working with adults in a care setting in West Sussex. Th…

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Moving and Handling of People: Hoisting Guidance

The aim of the guidance is to promote safe working practice of hoisting activities inall service…

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Moving and Handling People

Safely and respectfully moving and handling people is a crucial skill in healthcare. This course…

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Moving and Handling People – An Introduction to Best Practice

This one-day course is for care/support staff from the private, voluntary and independent adult …

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Moving and Handling People in Health and Social Care

This course will provide you with the information and guidance you need to move and position ser…

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Moving and Handling People with Restricted Mobility (Hoisting and Bed Care) Theory and Practical Combined

The course covers both theory and practical elements of caring for and assisting clients with re…

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Moving and Handling People with Restricted Mobility (Hoisting and Bed Care) Theory and Practical Combined

The course covers both theory and practical elements of caring for and assisting clients with re…

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Moving and Handling Theory (L1 & L2)

This module is where the theory and legislation behind safe practice in relation to moving and h…

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Multi-agency guidance: supporting adults at risk of choking

Recognising that adults in health and social care settings may face heightened choking risks, WS…

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Patient Safety Incident Response Framework

This national framework sets out how health and care providers should respond to patient safety …

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Poisoning prevention for people living with dementia

RoSPA have shared guidance highlighting the increased risk of accidental poisoning for people li…

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Positive Behaviour Support

This in-person 3-day course develops knowledge and practical skills in Positive Behaviour Suppor…

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Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Foundation

This online Foundation level course is designed for all health and social care professionals. It…

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Preventative Care: Decaffeination & Reduced Falls

In April 2024, the three organisations published Decaffeination and Falls Prevention, a report o…

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React to Falls resources

React To Falls has been produced to promote best practice in managing falls for care home reside…

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Reduced-Carer Handling

This e-learning is for anyone who plays a part in setting up and delivering care packages that i…

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Risk Assessment And Management In Care Level 3 Course

This course will give learners an overview of managing risks and risk assessments at work, inclu…

Risk Assessment in Care Training

This course is designed to enable you to increase your understanding of risk assessment and risk…

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Risk Assessment Training

This Risk Assessment training course is designed to help businesses comply with the Management o…

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Risk Enablement Toolkit

This document aims to provide staff with tools to manage and mitigate risk whilst empowering tho…

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Safer People Handling – Basic Awareness

This course introduces or increases staff awareness of the problems associated with caring for p…

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Sensible risk assessment in care settings

This page shares advice and guidance on the typical hazards that can occur in car settings, as w…

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Slips, Trips, and Falls Prevention Course

In this Slips Trips and Falls Prevention course, we will explore who is at risk from falls inclu…

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Staying Steady: How to reduce your risk of falling (2023)

This booklet may be useful for starting conversations about falls risks with those you care for….

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Swallowing difficulties in social care – the risks and how to manage them

a webinar recording with Dysphagia Training Clinical Lead, Janne Schack, who discussed how swall…

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