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What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.

• Updated: 1 June 2022

Apply for a Health and Care Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 Health and Care visa) if you're a medical professional who's been offered a job with the NHS, an NHS supplier or in adult social care - eligibility, fees,...

• Overview

  A Health and Care Worker visa allows medical professionals to come to or…

• Your job

  You must meet all of the following requirements to be eligible for a…

• If you’ll need to meet different salary requirements

  You’ll need to meet different salary requirements for this visa if your…

• Knowledge of English

  You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…

• How much it costs

  When you apply for a Health and Care Worker visa, you’ll need to have…

• Documents you'll need to apply

  When you apply you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…

• Apply from outside the UK

  You must apply online for a Health and Care Worker visa. Check which…

• Your partner and children

  Your partner and children may be able to apply to join you or stay in the…

• Extend your visa

  You can usually apply to extend your Health and Care Worker visa if all of…

• Update your visa if you change job or employer

  You’ll need to apply to update your Health and Care Worker visa if: you…

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Health and Care…

• Taking on additional work

  You can do additional paid work on a Health and Care Worker visa as long…

Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair

• Overview

  Employers might monitor workers. This could be done in various ways, like:…

• Drug testing

  Employers have to have consent if they want to test for drugs. Usually…

• Email, CCTV and other monitoring

  Employers must explain the amount of monitoring clearly in the staff…

Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers

Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals

Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers

Fire safety in business and non-domestic premises: the responsible person, fire risk assessments, shared premises, new buildings, enforcement, appeals and penalties

What to do about bullying and harassment at work - the law, action employees can take and advice for employers about their responsibilities

Contact information for finding out about health and safety at work issues and making a complaint and reporting injuries

Information on OPSS product safety alerts, reports and recalls for unsafe products and resources for consumers, businesses and regulators.

• Updated: 9 September 2025