Your Complete Mandatory Training Bundle

Our Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) Ultimate Course Bundle offers comprehensive, up-to-date mandatory training for UK healthcare professionals, whether you work full-time, part-time, or as an agency staff member. Fully mapped to the latest NHS and CQC standards, this online program covers all statutory requirements set out by the CSTF, ensuring you meet both learning outcomes and refresher frequencies adopted across NHS and independent healthcare providers.

A Nationally Recognised CSTF-Aligned Update for Healthcare Staff

Duration: 36 Hours  CPD Points: 36

What is CSTF Training?

CSTF training is the industry-standard for mandatory and statutory training in UK healthcare. It standardises training content, assessment, and refresher cycles across multiple healthcare organisations, so your skills are recognised and portable wherever your career takes you. Successful completion helps you and your employer demonstrate regulatory compliance, safety awareness, and commitment to high-quality patient care.

Why Choose Our CSTF Course Bundle?

With our bundle of courses, you benefit from

• Fully aligned with Skills for Health CSTF criteria: Meets all mandatory topics, learning outcomes, and recommended refresher intervals.
• National portability: Your certificates are valid across NHS Trusts, agencies, and private providers, minimising repeat training.
• Comprehensive: Covers all the key CSTF modules currently recommended for UK health and social care staff.
• Efficient: 100% online learning with rapid access and instant CPD certification.

Annual refresher-ready: Designed to satisfy your yearly mandatory update requirement.

What’s Covered in Your CSTF Course Bundle?

These CSTF courses are designed to ensure healthcare professionals are equipped with the knowledge and skills to provide safe, effective, and compassionate care across various settings.

Conflict Resolution

This course teaches strategies for resolving disagreements and conflicts in a healthcare setting, emphasising communication skills and de-escalation techniques to maintain a safe and collaborative working environment.

Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights

Addresses the importance of understanding, respecting, and promoting equality, diversity, and human rights within healthcare settings, ensuring fair treatment and equal opportunities for all.

Fire Safety Awareness

Covers the basics of fire safety in healthcare environments, including prevention strategies, how to respond in case of a fire, and evacuation procedures to ensure the safety of both staff and patients.

First Aid Resuscitation

Teaches life-saving resuscitation techniques, including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), aimed at providing immediate assistance in emergency situations before professional help arrives.

First Aid Paediatrics

Focuses on first aid techniques specific to infants and children, covering common emergencies and effective responses to safeguard the health and well-being of young patients.

Health, Safety, and Welfare

A comprehensive overview of health and safety regulations in the healthcare sector, aimed at promoting a safe working environment for both healthcare professionals and patients.

Infection Prevention & Control Clinical

This course targets healthcare professionals directly involved in patient care, providing them with critical knowledge and practices to prevent and control infections within clinical settings.

Infection Prevention & Control Non-Clinical

Aimed at staff not directly involved in patient care, this course covers essential principles and practices to prevent and control infections in non-clinical areas of healthcare facilities.

Information Governance

Covers the legal and ethical aspects of handling patient data and information, focusing on confidentiality, data protection, and secure information management.

Moving Handling of Objects

Teaches techniques for safely moving and handling objects within healthcare settings to prevent injuries and promote a safe working environment.

Moving Handling of Patients

Focuses on the safe transfer and movement of patients, emphasising techniques that ensure patient safety and dignity while preventing injuries to healthcare workers.

Prevent Strategy (Radicalisation)

Educates healthcare professionals on identifying and responding to radicalisation signs, part of wider national efforts to prevent terrorism and promote safeguarding.

Safeguarding Adults (Levels 1, 2, and 3)

These courses progressively deepen the understanding of safeguarding principles, practices, and responsibilities at various levels, focusing on protecting vulnerable adults from abuse and harm.

Safeguarding Children (Levels 1, 2, and 3)

Similar to the adult safeguarding courses but focused on children, these levels address the specifics of identifying and acting upon concerns to safeguard children from abuse and neglect.

Blood Transfusion

Provides vital knowledge on safely administering blood transfusions, including understanding blood groups, cross-matching, and recognising and managing transfusion reactions.

Medication Control and Administration

Covers the safe and accurate handling, administration, and monitoring of medication within healthcare settings.

Medicine Optimisation: Safe and Effective Use of Medication

Focuses on strategies to ensure that patients receive the most appropriate medication, adhering to principles that maximise the effective use of medicines while minimising potential harm.

Basic Food Hygiene

Essential for healthcare professionals involved in food handling, covering hygiene principles to prevent foodborne illnesses and ensure safe preparation and storage of food.

Challenging Behaviours Including Physical Restraint

Addresses how to manage and respond to challenging behaviours in a healthcare setting, including when and how to use physical restraint safely and ethically.

Your Healthcare Career

A broad overview of career development opportunities within healthcare, including pathways for progression, training, and professional development.

Duty of Care

Explores the legal and ethical obligations of healthcare professionals to ensure the safety and welfare of patients under their care.

Person-Centred Approaches

Emphasises the importance of treating patients as individuals with unique needs and preferences, promoting dignity, respect, and patient involvement in care decisions.

Communication

Focuses on effective communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal, crucial for delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

Consent

Covers the legal and ethical aspects of obtaining informed consent from patients before any intervention, emphasising the patient’s autonomy and right to make informed decisions.

Privacy and Dignity

Highlights the importance of maintaining patients’ privacy and dignity in all aspects of care, ensuring respectful and confidential treatment.

Fluids and Nutrition

Educates on the importance of maintaining proper hydration and nutrition in patients, recognising signs of malnutrition or dehydration, and implementing appropriate interventions.

Dementia Awareness

Aims to improve understanding of dementia and its impact on patients and their families, promoting compassionate and effective care for individuals with dementia.

Who is this Course For?

This intensive course bundle is catered for a variety of roles within the healthcare sector:

• Medical Practitioners: Doctors and clinicians who are undertaking mandatory training or looking to refresh their knowledge on UK healthcare policies and practices.
• Nursing Staff: Nurses across different specialities, including those in paediatric and adult care settings, will find the courses directly applicable to their day-to-day responsibilities.
• Healthcare Assistants: Support staff working alongside medical professionals who need to understand the practical implications of healthcare standards.
• Allied Health Professionals: Therapist and technician roles that are integral to patient care and welfare within healthcare environments.
• Non-Clinical Staff: Individuals involved in supportive roles that require an understanding of the healthcare environment, including managers and administrative staff.
• New Starters, Induction, and Annual Refresher: For onboarding, compliance updates, and skill reinforcement.

Flexible Training for All Purposes

Serving multiple training needs, this course bundle acts as:

• Induction Training: For new recruits needing to meet healthcare compliance from the onset of their careers.
• Awareness Training: To ensure all staff, clinical and non-clinical, are aware of and understand the best practices and legalities within healthcare.
• Refresher Training: For experienced staff looking to update and reaffirm their professional practice as per the evolving healthcare regulations and standards.
• Knowledge Enhancement: For professional growth and deepening expertise in specialised areas of healthcare provision.

How Your CSTF Bundle Works

• Flexible Access: Start anytime and complete each CSTF module at your own pace, on your own schedule.
• Interactive Assessments: Every course includes a multiple-choice online exam, with instant results and unlimited free retakes.
• CPD Certification: Earn a CPD-accredited digital certificate upon successful completion of each module.
• Smart Progress Tracking: Use our Learning Management System (LMS) to monitor your progress, download certificates, and manage your compliance records seamlessly.

Why Complete CSTF Training?

With access to all 31 courses, you benefit from:

• Standardised Training: Streamlines mandatory training across multiple employers, saving time and reducing duplication.
• Regulatory Compliance: Fully aligned with CQC and NHS statutory requirements, helping you stay inspection-ready.
• Up-to-Date Content: Reflects current best practices and the latest developments in UK healthcare legislation.
• Instant Digital Certification: Download CPD-accredited certificates immediately for audits, e-portfolios, and revalidation.
• True Portability: Seamlessly transition between roles, sites, or employers without repeating annual training.