Understanding Listeria
in Care and Healthcare
Course/Training
This Understanding Listeria course introduces staff working in care and healthcare settings to the essential knowledge required to prevent Listeria contamination and protect vulnerable people. It explains how Listeria behaves, how outbreaks occur, and why routine daily tasks such as temperature checking, cleaning, and safe food handling are critical. Learners explore environmental risks within a premises, food-based risks, and their own responsibilities in supporting safe practice. The final module supports learners in reflecting on their own workplace behaviours through a practical self-assessment checklist.
Developed with food safety specialists and NHS partners, this fully online course teaches practical controls for preventing the contamination and spread of Listeria, both through food and within the wider health and care environments. It aligns with FSA expectations for managing Listeria in care homes and hospitals, including environmental controls, chilled food management, and prevention of cross-contamination Fully accredited by CPD UK, this training leads to an instant certificate. It is suitable for kitchen staff, front-line care staff, cleaning teams, and anyone involved in receiving, storing, preparing, serving, or handling food within care or healthcare settings.
What you’ll learn
- What Listeria is, how it behaves, who is most at risk, and how real UK outbreaks have occurred.
- How Listeria survives and spreads in a healthcare or care setting and how to control it.
- High-risk foods that encourage Listeria growth and the safety measures required to prevent it.
- Individual responsibility in tackling Listeria risk, including the importance of consistency and diligence in following cleaning routines.
- How to respond appropriately to issues such as temperature failures, damaged equipment, or missed cleaning steps.
Who should take this course
This Understanding Listeria in Care and Healthcare course is designed for anyone working in care or healthcare setting, including those where food is provided.
It is suitable for:
- Food handlers
- Catering assistants and servery teams
- Front-line care staff
- Healthcare and care assistants
- Cleaning and maintenance teams
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Individual learners have 30 days from registration to complete the course and final assessment. Business buyers have 12 months to allocate course codes, with each learner receiving 30 days of access from activation. Extensions can usually be arranged on request.
Most learners complete the course in two to four hours, depending on experience. A minimum study period applies before the exam unlocks to support understanding.
You’ll receive unlimited free exam retakes. The exam has 20 multiple-choice questions and the pass mark is 16 out of 20. If you don’t pass on the first attempt, you’ll receive guidance on which topics to review.
Service users and patients within health and care settings can be especially vulnerable to serious harm in the case of Listeria outbreaks. Recent incidents have highlighted the need for extra awareness in relation to this pathogen and this course addresses those real and current needs.
We recommend that training is renewed every three years, although some employers or local authorities may request training more frequently.
Food hygiene focuses on general food safety practices. This Understanding Listeria course addresses the specific dangers posed by the pathogen, particularly in relation to vulnerable people and is relevant to both food handlers and non food-handling staff alike.
Great service, great courses and good value for money. We have put over 100 employees through the courses. The service provided is to a very high standard, with prompt responses. Courses can be completed at own pace which you can track progress, or there is an option to fast track the course if you have members of staff that have more experience with the course content. Would highly recommend these courses to anyone.
Sarah Carr Carrs Pasties
The Safer Food Group are always quick to respond and we have always found them very helpful with ordering the courses and forwarding us information regarding other courses they are offering. we have used them for the past 5 years which says it all. We will continue to use The Safer Food Group for the foreseeable future.
Helen Managing Director
Totally Local Company ltd have been working with the Safer Food Group for over 3 years providing the courses for the delivery of the Food Safety Training. The course covers everything required with clear instructions, informative concise modules. An added bonus is their advice and support whenever we need it.”
Lisa Tottle MRSPH Totally Local Company
We put all our Catering Assistants through the Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2. The course is comprehensive, user friendly and great value for money offering a discount on the more credits you purchase. We would highly recommend the Safer Food Group.
Joanna Puczkowski University of Essex
A comprehensive course that can be completed at your own pace. It’s easy to navigate and the visual aids help enhance the whole learning experience. Staff are friendly and efficient making the whole package a winner!
