Skills for Care Ltd

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First report 7 Jun 2018•Latest report 31 Jan 2023

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.

Reports: 2
Published responses: 50%
Concerns addressed: 1
Stated actions: 5

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Skills for Care Ltd linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

31 Jan2023
Essex
Concerns raised1
1. Failure to require certificated First Aid and Basic Life Support training before solo support duties
Actions described in response 3
1. Action
  Host Care Certificate resources, including the Basic Life Support standard, for adult social care employers and workers.
2. Action
  Update and republish Core and Mandatory training guidance to reflect the CQC Single Assessment Framework.
3. Action
  Develop a specification for a new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification based on existing Care Certificate standards.
Respondent positions 2
1. Position
  Employers are responsible for determining required training, ensuring mandatory training, and assessing when workers can work unsupervised.
  Redirects responsibility
1. Position
  The body cannot mandate or enforce adult social care training because it is an independent charitable organisation without regulatory authority.
  Unable to act
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Michael Brian Waite · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Michael Brian Waite, who had learning difficulties and lived in supported accommodation, collapsed after vomiting and drinking water on 19 August 2022. An ambulance was called after a delay, and he was confirmed dead by an attending paramedic. The report raised concerns that Peabody Support Workers providing 24-hour solo support were not required to complete certificated First Aid and Basic Life Support training before undertaking their duties.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Skills for Care Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to require certificated First Aid and Basic Life Support training before solo support duties
Wider context from the report
“1. Although the SW involved in this case had received Basic Life Support training, the evidence of senior witnesses for Peabody, including the Assistant Head of Service and the Director of Care, confirmed that there is presently no requirement for Support Workers, employed by Peabody to provide 24-hour solo support to clients in supported living accommodation, to undergo certificated First Aid Training including Basic Life Support training, prior to assuming their role. 2. Whilst it is recognised that residents in supported living accommodation have varying capabilities and varying abilities to care for themselves, as in this case, many will require help and support and, as such, will have varying - including significant - degrees of vulnerability. In my view, for those who are solo providers of support in such circumstances (ie are working alone in providing the support required) to not have received formal, certificated First Aid training, including Basic Life Support training, prior to assuming their duties gives rise to the risk of future deaths. ”
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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Host Care Certificate resources, including the Basic Life Support standard, for adult social care employers and workers.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Care Certificate”

Source location
Response from Skill for Care
Page 2 · response
Published 12 February 2024
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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Update and republish Core and Mandatory training guidance to reflect the CQC Single Assessment Framework.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Our guidance and advice include:”

Source location
Response from Skill for Care
Page 1 · response
Published 12 February 2024
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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Develop a specification for a new Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification based on existing Care Certificate standards.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate Qualification”

Source location
Response from Skill for Care
Page 3 · response
Published 12 February 2024
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
Employers are responsible for determining required training, ensuring mandatory training, and assessing when workers can work unsupervised.

Verbatim wording from the response
“In line with HSE guidance, it further states that ‘Establishments must provide adequate personnel to respond if someone is taken ill or injured at work. It’s the employer’s responsibility to determine how many people need training and to what level.’ We note that this HSE guidance applies to First Aid and First Aid at Work, not specifically to Basic Life Support.”

Source location
Response from Skill for Care
Page 1 · response
Published 12 February 2024
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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation
The body cannot mandate or enforce adult social care training because it is an independent charitable organisation without regulatory authority.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Whilst Skills for Care is committed to influencing improvements in the standards and the quality of personalised care across the adult social care sector, as an independent charitable body, we are not able to mandate or enforce what training is undertaken.”

Source location
Response from Skill for Care
Page 4 · response
Published 12 February 2024
Open published response
7 Jun2018
London (West)
Concerns raised1
1. Failure by patients and care organisations to heed safety guidance on fire hazards from paraffin-based skin products
No linked response statements
No action or position from this recipient is clearly linked to the concerns in this report.
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Kevin Freely · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Kevin Freely, aged 61, died at home on 12 October 2016 after a lighted cigarette caused his bedclothes to catch fire while he was bedbound and unable to escape. The principal concern was that warnings about the fire hazard associated with paraffin-based emollient skin products were not being heeded by patients and care organisations providing care in people’s homes.

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Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Skills for Care Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure by patients and care organisations to heed safety guidance on fire hazards from paraffin-based skin products
Wider context from the report
“The NHS National Patient Safety Agency brought out a Rapid Response Report 4 on 26th November 2007 entitled “Fire hazard with paraffin based skin products on dressings and clothing”. I am concerned that this message within the 2007 Safety Report is not being heeded by patients and Care Organisations responsible for caring for patients in their own homes. ”
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Data last updated 7 September 2026

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised1

Failure to require certificated First Aid and Basic Life Support training before solo support duties

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3

Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

Concerns raised1

Failure by patients and care organisations to heed safety guidance on fire hazards from paraffin-based skin products

Actions described in response 3

Respondent positions 2