6 March 2024

The Digitalisation of Care 2024

 

The Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS expect the care sector to be digitalised by 60% by 2023 and 80% by 2024. NHS want care providers to be able to access their systems and vice versa, but it’s part of a larger government agenda to digitalise Health and Social Care

 

All staff and managers must know how to handle information DPA and Cybersecurity.

 

Free for all staff - General Data Protection Course – No paperwork, 20-40 minutes to complete and can be accessed from any device. 

 

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) strengthens existing legislation on how care staff store and process data. This short course is designed to help your organisation navigate the introduction of the GDPR and covers all the essential information on how the GDPR affects your business. Must be taken with any of the online qualifications listed below.

 

Also free for all staff one of the following:               

 

Emergency First Aid Level 2

First Aid at Work Level 2

Food Safety Level 2

Fire Safety Level 2

Manual Handling

Infection Prevention and Control

COSHH

H&S Level 2 includes Risk Assessment, Fire Safety, Manual Handling and COSHH plus more

DPA/GDPR Handling Information

 

£10 for each qualification to your business for all courses completed.

 

All syllabus information is available online and can be accessed from any device at any time with a downloadable certificate.


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