Improve safeguarding and support for dementia care

Background

The Government must appoint a Minister for Dementia Care, ensure all nurses are aware of their obligation to report harmful practice to the barring service and NMC, appoint a safeguarding nurse for every dementia care setting and mandate statutory CCTV in all dementia care settings.

Additional details

Also, the Government should: - Review the effectiveness of the legal obligation to provide a reference - work to ensure that, where there have been legitimate concerns about the suitability of an employee, these can be conveyed without fear of litigation or reprisal - Ensure all staff are trained in iatrogenic harm - make sure all dementia settings have mental health nurses present - issue guidance making clear that a staff member's DBS check cannot be a guarantee of future behaviour.

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