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Guidance articles for healthcare professionals

View the latest BHTA guidance articles for healthcare professionals below.

The difference between community equipment services and wheelchair services in England
The difference between community equipment services and wheelchair services in England

This paper, produced by the British Healthcare Trades Association and the Wheelchair Alliance, explains how community equipment services (CES) and wheelchair services are funded, commissioned, ...

Guidance to the mattress and related devices’ General Requirements standard: BS EN ISO 20342-1:2022
Guidance to the mattress and related devices’ General Requirements standard: BS EN ISO 20342-1:2022

Written by experts from the BHTA Beds and Support Surfaces and Pressure Care and Seating Sections. Overview The ISO 20342 series of standards covers various aspects of ...

New standards for testing mattresses and related products: An introduction
New standards for testing mattresses and related products: An introduction

Written by experts from the BHTA Beds and Support Surfaces and Pressure Care and Seating Sections. A series of International Standards is being published encompassing the ...

Understanding augmentative and alternative communication
Understanding augmentative and alternative communication

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services help people to communicate as effectively as possible when speech is impaired. The term AAC covers a wide range of ...

Communicating with families: Parents as partners – Making a difference together
Communicating with families: Parents as partners – Making a difference together

The BHTA has worked with the Don’t Call Me Mum campaign initiative to produce this article. We want to help professionals and companies working with ...

Practical advice on hand hygiene
Practical advice on hand hygiene

Introduction Hand hygiene is widely acknowledged to be the single most important activity that reduces the spread of infection. Hand hygiene should be performed immediately before ...