Legislations

• Health and safety at work act 1974

  regulator for health and safety in a work place

  • work responsible - don’t put anyone at risk, carry out risk assessments and monitor staff practice
  • equipment provided must be safe and in good working order - safe for purpose
  • adequate health and safety training for staff
  • protective equipment must be available if needed
• Data protection act 1998/2014

  Relates to personal information held in paper or electronic format

  • Info and data used for purpose which it was intended
  • info should be accurate and kept up to date
  • info should be kept no longer than necessary
• the management of health and safety at work regulations

  Place duties on both employers / employees about safe management of health and safety

  • risk assessment carried out and control measures implemented
  • information, training and supervision provided
  • activities carried out safely
• Food safety act

  Covers safe preparation , storage and serving of food

  • requires registration of food businesses
  • close premises if causing risk to health
  • CQC requires care services to ensure food and drink handled, stored and prepared properly - training in food safety and sanitation
• Food safety regulations

  requires that food hazards identified

  • food handlers must be wearing clean and protective clothes
  • environment where food cooked must be clean
  • food safety procedures must be in place
  • employers must prepare clean clothing - aprons
• Manual handling regulations

  Requires risk of injury to be reduced as much as possible

  • avoid need of manual handling where possible
  • asses risk of injury from manual handling
  • training and supervision of manual handling
• Civil contingencies act 2004

  Clear set of roles and responsibilities for those involved in emergency preparation and response - requires for health system to prepare for adverse events and incidents

  • extreme weather conditions
  • fire
  • flooding
  • outbreak of infectious diseases
  • power failure

  requires organisations to carry out risk assessments and plan responses

  • major incident plan
  • plans for management of mass casualties
  • shelter planning
  • lockdown plan
• Control of hazardous substances to health 2002

  Requires employers to prevent or reduce workers exposure to substances that hazardous to health

  • covers storage label and disposal of hazardous substances
  • COSHH file listing all hazardous substances in work place
  • chemicals and medication kept in original containers
  • substances stored in safe and secure place

  COSHH file should :

  • identify and name hazardous substance
  • state where hazardous substance kept
  • describe effects of substances
  • risk assessment of hazardous substance
• Reporting of injuries, disease and dangerous occurrences regulation RIDDOR

  Reporting and recording of work related injuries required by law

  • work related accidents causing death / serous injuries
  • diagnosed causes of certain work related diseases
  • incidents that have potential to cause harm

  records must be kept of :

  • any incidents reported
  • Date and time
  • summary of what happened