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Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
‘Unison duty of care handbook: For members working in health and social care’
‘Duty of care’ by The Royal College of Nursing
'Duty of care’ from the Skills for Care website
‘Regulation 20: Duty of candour’ by the CQC
‘The duty of care of healthcare professionals’ by Public World
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Read this news story from the BBC about Melanie Rabone who killed herself while on a weekend leave from Stepping Hill Hospital. What do you think the hospital should have done to uphold its duty of care to Melanie?
Watch this additional video from Social Care TV describing the delicate duty of care situation when an individual needs help to manage their personal finances
The document ‘Duty of Care’ loots at the duty of care in the context of information governance.
‘New duty for health and social care professionals and teachers to report female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police’ by the UK Home Office. Click on the icon to the left to read about what you are required by law to do when there is a ‘known’ case of FGM in a girl aged under 18.
‘The Duty of Care’ from the Information Governance Alliance. The short document looks at the meaning of duty of care.
Think And Challenge
