Health and safety in adult care
In this lesson, you will learn:
- That the employer has overall responsibility for health and safety in the workplace
- About the legal requirements for health and safety
- About risk assessments, insurance, and health and safety policies
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Health and social care services' webpage on the Health and Safety Executive website
- ‘Health and safety law: What you need to know’
- ‘Guidance for providers on meeting the regulations' by the Care Quality Commission
- ‘Health and safety legislation’ webpage on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
- ‘Safety' webpage on the Healthy Working Lives website
- ‘Health and safety in businesses that provide care services' webpage on the NI Business Info website
- ‘How the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations apply to health and social care’ by HSE
- ‘Falls in older people’ by the National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- ‘Sensible risk assessment in care settings' webpage on the Health and Safety Executive website
- ‘Back in work back pack’ by NHS Employers
- ‘Infection prevention and control’ webpage on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- ‘Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care’ published by NHS National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
- ‘Communicable disease outbreak management: operational guidance’ by Public Health England
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Health and safety for managers’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Responding to risk’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s third presentation ‘Monitoring safely’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s fourth presentation on ‘Supporting infection prevention’.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Further Reading
- ‘Fire Safety’ from the HSE offers general advice on fire safety and provides guidance on substances that cause fire and explosion.
- Click to read 'Health and wellbeing at work: a resource guide' by the Public Health Agency.
- Click to read ‘Work smart, work safe’ by Skills for Care.
- Click to read ‘Getting to grips with manual handling – A short guide’ by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
- Think And Challenge
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