Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
FSCS: Following the Chancellor’s announcement that Northern Rock is being sold to Virgin Money (on 1 January 2012), the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is issuing guidance to those savers who currently have money with both institutions.
FSA: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a new campaign reminding people to wash raw vegetables to help minimise the risk of food poisoning. The campaign is in response to E.coli outbreaks in Britain & abroad this year including one linked to soil on raw vegetables and another caused by contaminated sprouted seeds.
WAG: A new parent’s guide to explain exactly how school banding will work in Wales has been published by the Welsh Government. The handy leaflet will be sent to all secondary schools in Wales in the coming weeks before details on secondary school banding are published by the Welsh Government.
OFT: The OFT has published guidance which sets out the standards it expects from credit brokers and intermediaries. The guidance sets out the OFT's view on unfair practices relating to advertising & sales, refunds of fees and complaints handling. It also outlines the responsibilities of businesses that use the services of credit brokers & intermediaries.
NICE: The majority of women who give birth will have a normal vaginal delivery. But for certain groups of women, such as those who are HIV positive and those who have had a previous birth by caesarean section, the current advice has been to opt for a caesarean section instead of a vaginal birth.
NICE's updated guidelines on caesarean section, published recently, now recommend that women in these groups should be offered a vaginal birth.
NICE's updated guidelines on caesarean section, published recently, now recommend that women in these groups should be offered a vaginal birth.
NICE: Psychological interventions should be offered to people who self-harm to help them overcome their behavioural problems, latest NICE guidance suggests. Healthcare professionals should offer 3 - 12 sessions of a psychological intervention that is specifically structured for people who self-harm.
The intervention should aim to reduce self-harm and should be tailored to individual need and could include cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic or problem-solving elements.
The intervention should aim to reduce self-harm and should be tailored to individual need and could include cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic or problem-solving elements.
