Legislations

Cards (9)

  • 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