Why do you think that it is important to review policies and procedures following incidents?

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Reviewing policies and procedures, and making recommendations (D2)

Why do you think that it is important to review policies and procedures following incidents?

It is essential to review policies regularly, as the environment and circumstances are constantly changing and the policies need to be reviewed and edited to accommodate these changes, for example legislation changes every now and then, or if an incident occurs in the care setting the policy may have to be amended to fit around this incident and prevent it happening again.

For example in my setting if an incident occurred like people not being able to get out of the fire exits due to them being blocked by the table with the magazines on, then the fire safety policy would need to be reviewed and changed according to the control measures I put in place.

If an incident still occurs this means that there might be something wrong with the policy and/or procedures, or that it is not being followed properly, so it would need to be reviewed and changed if necessary.

Which policies and procedures would need reviewing following incidents like the ones you have simulated? Having completed your scenarios and evaluated your risk assessments, what recommendations would you make in reviewing policies and procedures?

Waiting room:

In the doctor’s surgery the fire safety policy would need to be reviewed as, if it was up to date and being followed properly, then the incident of people not being able to get out of the fire exit due to it being blocked would not happen. It would need to have the regular checking of the fire exits for obstacles added onto it.

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The health and safety policy would also need to be reviewed, as if it was written properly and followed then the incident with the person coming into contact with the chemicals from the unlocked cupboard in the waiting room wouldn’t have occurred. The policy would need to be further reviewed and the locking of the cupboard when not in use would have to be added, and that a member of staff needs to check the cupboard regularly.

The hazardous substances policy would also need to be reviewed due to the person falling down the stairs and injuring themselves quite severely. ...

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