A BBC investigation has found that patients are being put at risk by under trained Health care assistants.
NICE guidelines on health care assistants
- Staffing requirements should consider if there are enough registered nurses available to support and supervise health care assistants
- HCAs should only be given tasks and duties within their scope of competence
- HCAs should not be used to plug gaps in nursing shifts
- The type of duties performed by HCAs include washing and dressing, toileting and bed making
They found healthcare training such as first aid, catheter training, COSHH, paediatric first aid and moving and positioning of people were not being given to the staff.