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Intimate personal care and clinical tasks

All information and links on this page are under review. Please see the skills for care website for the most up to date guiding principles - Delegated healthcare activities

This policy combines the 'intimate personal care' and 'clinical tasks' policies into one document to emphasise what tasks care staff would routinely be expected to perform as part of their normal duties and those tasks which may have historically been seen as the role of health but which, with additional training and specific written procedures, may be performed by care staff.

 

This policy combines the 'intimate personal care' and 'clinical tasks' policies into one document to emphasise what tasks care staff would routinely be expected to perform as part of their normal duties and those tasks which may have historically been seen as the role of health but which, with additional training and specific written procedures, may be performed by care staff.

Other tasks, for example, tasks that are invasive or require interpretation, still remain within the remit of health and these are listed in the policy.

Examples of competencies can be found below.

The old guidance on toe nail cutting has been revised and incorporated into the policy.

Policies and guidance