Mandatory Training for Practice Staff
There are no statutory regulations that specify how often primary care staff should be trained. Fundamentally, it is important that if anything untoward happened in your practice, the Partners could stand in front of a coroner or judge and justify that the training they had provided for their staff was sufficient to ensure they were competent, and confident to undertake the task given to them.
It would be wise to check guidance from:
- GMC
- CQC
- Health and Safety Executive
- Resuscitation Council
- Enhanced Services Specifications
to see if they are making specific training recommendations.
‘Mandatory’ means that specified training is compulsory at the discretion of the employer, however there are many other examples of good practice in training that you may wish to follow to keep all staff up to date.
Mandatory training differs for Staff/Managers and Practice Nurses but is basically as follows:
- Induction: once (within first month of employment)
- Fire Safety: annually
- Manual Handling: once then refreshed when necessary
- Infection Control: annually
- CPR/Basic Life Support: annually
Safeguarding (adults and children): e-learning is acceptable.
Information Governance: Once, then refreshed when necessary.
Equality and Diversity:
Mental Capacity Act:
For team leaders or managers of staff or appointed leads it is also recommended that the following are covered at least once:
- Managing Performance
- Recruitment and Selection
- Appraisal training
- Managing sickness and absence
- Risk assessment
- Health and Safety
BMA Guidance on helping a practice meet their training needs
For any information on local training courses to cover any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Johns on sarah.johns@nhs.net LMC Events page
