COVID 19 Additional guidance for the Health and Social Care sectors
PDFV1: June 2020
This document supplements our guide to operating an agency in the health and social care sector, which sets out the key issues to consider when operating as an employment agency or employment business in health or social care.
This document provides additional guidance for recruiters supplying to the NHS and social care sector during the COVID 19 pandemic. In this supplementary document we discuss the temporary adjustments made to the existing legal and regulatory requirements that agencies must comply with to protect candidates, patients, and the public.
NHSE&I and Approved Framework - Guidelines for Supplier Community on COVID Risk Assessment Requirements
In alignment to previously communicated DHSC, NHSE&I and approved framework guidelines for agency use during COVID-19, further information has been produced to reinforce the importance of conducting robust individual risk assessments for bank and/or agency workers, and to outline requirements when providing services to Healthcare Providers. Find it here.
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