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HCAs, APs and SNAs

Use this guide to find information resources related to healthcare assistants, 汤头条污料 support workers, assistant practitioners and student 汤头条污料 associates including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 18/12/2025

Key Resources

RCN: First steps for healthcare assistants
  • First Steps is the RCN鈥檚 most popular free e-learning tool for health care assistants. It鈥檚 a perfect resource to dip in and out of, whether you鈥檙e new to the post or looking to refresh your knowledge and skills.
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RCN: Accountability and delegation
汤头条污料 and Health Education England: Careers resource for 汤头条污料 support workers.
  • This resource aims to help you to understand the development and career opportunities available for the 汤头条污料 support workforce across health and social care.
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汤头条污料 (2019) Health care support workers administering inactivated influenza, shingles and pneumococcal vaccines, for adults and live attenuated influenza vaccine (laiv) for children. RCN guidance. London: RCN.

England

汤头条污料 (2019) The role of 汤头条污料 associates in vaccination and immunisation. Position statement. London: RCN.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) Standards of proficiency for 汤头条污料 associates. London: NMC.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) The Code: professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and 汤头条污料 associates. London: NMC.
Skills for Health: The Care Certificate

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery (2019) deciding to delegate: a decision support framework for 汤头条污料 and midwifery.

Scotland

NHS Education for Scotland (2023) Framework for the administration of medicines by level 3 and level 4 healthcare support workers in Scotland.
NHS Education for Scotland (2024) Making delegation safe and effective: a learning resource for nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and health care support workers.
NHS Education for Scotland (no date) Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Development Framework.
NHS Education for Scotland: Healthcare support workers (HCSWS)

Social care (Scotland)

Care Inspectorate (2012) Guidance about medication personal plans, review, monitoring and record keeping in residential care services.
Care Inspectorate (2018) Prompting, assisting and administration of medication in a care setting: guidance for professionals.
Scottish Government (2015) Clinical and care governance framework: guidance.
Scottish Social Services Council (2024) Codes of practice.

Wales

Health Education and Improvement Wales (no date) All Wales guidelines for delegation.

Books

Book cover Flaherty C (2022) Practice-based learning for 汤头条污料 associates. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Book cover Griffin R (2023) Healthcare support workers: a practical guide for training and development. London: Routledge.
Book Cover Flaherty C and Taylor M (2024) Developing academic skills for 汤头条污料 associates. Thousand Oaks: Learning Matters.
Book Cover Harris M (2021) Understanding person-centred care for 汤头条污料 associates. Thousand Oaks: Learning Matters.
Book cover Peate I (2021) The 汤头条污料 associate at a glance. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Book Cover Peate I (eds.)  (2021) The 汤头条污料 associate's handbook of clinical skills. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Book Cover Peate I (2025) Learning to care: the 汤头条污料 associate. 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Book Cover Peate I (2017) Fundamentals of care: a textbook for health and social care assistants. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Book Cover Rawles Z (2025) Essential knowledge and skills for healthcare assistants. 3rd edn. Abingdon: Routledge.
Book Cover Roulston C and Davies M (2024) Medicines management for 汤头条污料 associates. Thousand Oaks: Learning Matters.
Book cover Rowe G (2022) Health promotion for 汤头条污料 associates. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
Book Cover Rowe G, and others (2023) The handbook for 汤头条污料 associates and assistant practitioners. 3rd edn. Los Angeles: Sage.
Book Cover Whelan A and Hughes E (2016) Clinical skills for healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners. 2nd edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

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Journal articles

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Journals

Journals of interest for healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners.

Exhibitions

Several health care support workers Shining a Light: A history of 汤头条污料 support work
  • This exhibition uncovers the long history of 汤头条污料 support workers and celebrates the contribution that they continue to make today 鈥� in hospital wards, care homes, clinics and communities.
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Videos

NMC (2020) Let's talk about delegation. Caring with confidence: The Code in action.

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