Infection Prevention and Control Policies

In April 2022 NHS England published a national infection prevention and control manual to be adopted as mandatory guidance in NHS settings or settings where NHS services are delivered, and the principles should be applied in all care settings.

The manual will ensure a consistent UK-wide approach to infection prevention and control, although some operational and organisational details may differ across the nations.

The manual is continually being updated and the Trust is in the process of reviewing all existing IPC policies to ensure the operational and organisational details are captured in new guidance documents for staff to be read in conjunction with the manual.

All staff are required to follow the guidance in the manual and the appendices alongside current Trust IPC policies and subsequent replacement guidance documents.

Please see link to the national infection prevention and control manual here