Supporting resources

These supporting resources have been produced in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care and Skills for Care with thanks to the organisations involved in their development.   

Supporting resources

These supporting resources have been produced in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care and Skills for Care with thanks to the organisations involved in their development. 

Delegated healthcare activities sample policy

The National Care Forum worked with their members and Skills for Care to develop this sample policy which aims to support social care providers to evidence their decision-making and governance when considering delegation.

• Delegated healthcare activity sample policy

They also developed supporting sample policy information on wound care, clinical observations and catheter care that you can insert in section two of the sample policy above.

• Supporting sample policy information on simple wound care
• Supporting sample policy information on clinical observations
• Supporting sample policy information on catheter care 

Delegated healthcare activities governance toolkit

This sample governance toolkit has been developed with the Lincolnshire Care Association and the Lincolnshire Integrated Care System based on experience working across a health and social care system. The templates below support the toolkit and are editable to adapt to your local system and organisation.

• Delegated healthcare activity toolkit
• Appendix one – Steering group membership decision tree
• Appendix two – Steering group terms of reference
• Appendix three – Delegation governance template
• Appendix four – Sample Telehealth communication summary
• Appendix five – Sample standard operating procedure
• PowerPoint presentation with explanatory voiceover summarising the key points of the toolkit (view in slideshow to hear the voiceover)

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