 From 1 July 2022, all health and social care providers registered with CQC must ensure that their staff receive training on learning disabilities and autism appropriate to their role. This new legal requirement is introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022.
The government is required to consult on and publish a Code of Practice. We understand that this will outline the content, delivery and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, which is training they have developed and trialled. The government anticipates that the publication of the Code of Practice may take at least 12 months.
CQC will provide statutory guidance while the Code of Practice is being developed. During our assessments and inspections of providers, we regularly look to see if staff are working with people appropriately, and if not, we consider what training and support has been provided to staff to ensure their understanding. Following the introduction of this requirement, we will be looking to see whether providers have provided learning disability and autism training, and have assessed the competencies of their staff following the training. In line with current inspection procedures, CQC will not be looking at what the training itself has involved.
CQC will continue to engage with the government. We will update our statutory guidance as appropriate to reflect this new requirement in due course, and we will keep providers informed accordingly.
Background information
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training is based on the Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting People with a Learning Disability and the Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People. It has also been co-designed by autistic people, people with a learning disability, family carers and subject matter experts.
The government’s Code of Practice will be subject to a public consultation before it is published.
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