Specialist training for healthcare assistants
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry · Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · Issued 18 June 2026 · Addressed to: Department of Health NI
Government responseNo response yet
DeliveryNo statement from Department of Health NI found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
All healthcare assistants working with people with learning disabilities and autistic people should be provided with training, which should include specialist learning disability training as well as basic positive behaviour support (PBS). They should be required to complete successfully an examined course (with particular focus on behaviours that challenge) within six months of appointment, in addition to their induction. Consideration should be given to creating a Northern Ireland-wide course.
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry, Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · 18 Jun 2026 Source PDF →
Government response
●No formal government response recorded
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Delivery
No statement on delivery from Department of Health NI has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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