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Policy Statement

In this section

  1. 1
    Policy Statement
  2. 2
    Definitions
  3. 3
    Scope
  4. 4
    Legal Context
  5. 5
    Mandatory Procedures
  6. 6
    Practice Guidance – General Personal Care
  7. 7
    Washing, dressing, toileting
  8. 8
    Nail Care
  9. 9
    Shaving
  10. 10
    Contact Lenses and Spectacles
  11. 11
    Dental Care
  12. 12
    Hearing Aids
  13. 13
    Sanitary/Incontinence Protection
  14. 14
    Contraceptive Devices
  1. 15
    Body Piercing
  2. 16
    Practice Guidance – Clinical Tasks
  3. 17
    Category 1 – Acceptable Tasks
  4. 18
    Category 2 –Tasks that may be delegated by a health professional to the local authority
  5. 19
    Category 3 Tasks – Not to be performed by adult social care staff in any circumstances
  6. 20
    Emergency Procedures
  7. 21
    Cardiac and Respiratory Resuscitation/DNR notices
  8. 22
    Self-Directed care
  9. 23
    Recording
  10. 24
    Implementation
  11. 25
    Monitoring and Review
  12. 26
    Acknowledgements
  13. 27
    Policy details

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1.    Policy Statement


1.1    The Directorate is committed to providing personal care that has been recognised as an assessed need and indicated in the care plan, in ways that:

  • Maintain the dignity of the individual
  • Are sensitive to their individual needs and preferences
  • Maximise safety and comfort
  • Protect against intrusion and abuse
  • Respect the person’s right to give or withdraw their consent
  • Encourage the individual to care for themselves as much as they are able

 

Please click here to download a copy of the policy: Intimate-Personal-Care-and-Clinical-Tasks-Policy.pdf

1.2     These principles of care also apply to the activities known as ‘Clinical Tasks’ which require additional training by either the Gloucestershire County Council training section or the health professional who is delegating the task. There are important conditions attached to each category of task, which must be fulfilled before NHS Gloucestershire Care Services or the Gloucestershire County Council training section deem a care worker to be competent. CQC stress that Gloucestershire County Council staff and the independent contracted care providers’ staff can refuse to perform a task if they do not feel competent to undertake it.

Policy published: April 2010
Policy revised and checked: October 2011
Last reviewed:
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