safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling,
storage and transport of articles and substances.
(c) the provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision
as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the
health and safety at work of his employees.
(d) so far as is reasonably practicable as regards any place of work under
the employer's control, the maintenance of it in a condition that is
safe and without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of means
of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks.
(e) the provision and maintenance of a working environment for his employees
that is, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe, without risks to
health, and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work.
The purpose of enforcement
The proportionate use of enforcement to the risk or breach of the law underpins and amplifies HSE's activities to deliver sustainable, long-term reduction in occupational injury and ill health. Enforcement
The emphasis is on prevention but, where appropriate, they will come down hard on those that put others at risk, particularly where the find deliberate flouting of the law. In doing this they are guided by the which reflects the principles of the , and the. Society in general, law-abiding businesses and workers expect this of us. The have included [4] where duty holders have flouted the law and/or shown reckless disregard for health and safety requirements.
Firm, properly targeted and proportionate enforcement underpins the action we need to take to deliver the . Their powers to take enforcement action amplify all that we do to deliver a sustainable, long-term reduction in occupational injury and ill health.
The purpose of enforcement is to:
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Ensure that take action to deal immediately with serious risks;
- Promote and achieve sustained compliance with the law and;
- Ensure that duty holders who breach health and safety requirements, and directors or managers, who fail in their responsibilities, may be held to account.
Regulatory Decision Making (RDM) Incident Investigation
An internal audit of HSE’s regulatory decision making was undertaken during 2005/06.
The main aim of the audit was to provide information and assurance on the quality of regulatory decisions made during the investigation of incidents by HSE and Local Authorities. A further aim was to provide baseline data and information on enforcement behavior for the HSE Enforcement Strategic Enabling Programmed.
This was a collaborative exercise undertaken by Internal Audit and Assurance, in conjunction with OPSD’s Operational Policy Unit
Employers
Ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees while at work.
Without prejudice to the above, the matters to which the duty extends include.
- Provision and maintenance of safe plant and safe systems of work. Arrangements for ensuring safe means of handling, use, storage and transport of articles and substances.
Provision of information, instruction, training and supervision, Provision of a safe place of work and provision and maintenance of safe access and egress to that workplace.
- Provision and maintenance of a safe working environment and adequate welfare facilities. The above duties are all qualified by the term "so far as is reasonably practicable.
Employees
- It shall be the duty of every employee while at work,To take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and others who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work.
- To co-operate with his employer or any other person, so far as is necessary, to enable his employer or other person to perform or comply with any requirement or duty imposed under a relevant statutory provision.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Every employer shall prepare (and as often as may be appropriate revise) a written statement of his general policy with respect to:
The health and safety at work of his employees; and the organisation and arrangements in force for the time being for carrying out that policy, and bring the statement and any revision of it to the notice of all his employees.
The above duty has been modified by the Employers' Health and Safety Policy Statements (Exception) Regulations 1975 to exempt employers, who for the time being, employ less than five employees, from the need to have a written policy (although not from the need to have a policy as such).
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The Health and Safety Policy should contain:
A General Statements of Intent dated and signed by the owner or chief executive.
The Organisation, who is responsible for doing what with regard to health and safety,
The Arrangements, in practice these are often divided into general arrangements (fire procedures, emergency procedures, first-aid facilities, emergency procedures, risk assessment arrangements, etc.) which apply to all employees and specific arrangements (how to use certain pieces of equipment, how to handled certain substances, etc.) which only apply to specific employees.
Using examples from work experience describe how policies and procedures promote health, safety and security in the health and social care workplace P3
Examine the roles and responsibilities of key people in the promotion of health, safety and security in a health or social care setting P4
The role and responsibilities of the staff in my work placement was a lot and each of them had things to take care of.
My work placement manager who was Judith Smith, her responsibilities was to make sure she review all the policies and produces and will assist the project Director in maintaining all standard and objectives of the documents.
The projects Director
The project Director is responsible for making sure that the centre meets the legal requirements of all relevant legislation regarding Health and Safety and very other policies Documents.
The project Director will make sure that all the policies and procedure are made and to make sure that staff is adequately instructed to put these into effect. The manager of the nursery also advises the Management Committee of the reviews and safe application of the policies and procedure through term Management Committee meeting.
The project Director and Section Supervisors
This Management team will make sure that all staff are aware and have done the induction on the policies and procedures of the centre; training provided and that all relevant safety and others notice are in place. The Supervisors will be responsible for the policies and procedure paper in relation to safe children and the maintenance of the premises and equipment.
Staff and administration
All the in my work placement which it called Sir Michael nursery always report the supervisor or to the projects Director any incident or information which hinders the effective application of any policy or practice as developed by the Management.
All the member of staff in the nursery takes responsible for themselves and children too. They co-operate with the employer if necessary for the Management to comply with its legal responsibilities.
The risk assessment
The Management of Health and Safety Regulation ask all employers to carry out suitable and sufficient assessments of the risks to the health and safety of any person who may be affected by the work under the employer’s control. The employer is further required to record the significant findings of these assessments.
Explain how legislation, policies and procedure are used to promote the health and safety and security of individuals in the health and social care workplace M1
The legislation has helped bring about significant improvements in the health safety in the workplace. Health& safety law applies to employees, the self-employed people on work experience, apprentice’s volunteers, mobile workers and home workers.
Employer is responsible for the health and safety of employee’s worker from other organisation and visitor while they are on the premise. They must carry out a thorough risks assessment before opening of business and it should be update regularly, must ensure that there is a health and safety policies written for the setting and appoint someone to be responsible for health& safety.
The staff should be keeping a record of all accident and incidents; all this is promoting health& safety and security for patient.
Another health and safety, security promoting for service user is that the hospital have to make sure that all employees have to be trained for the job before starting because it always important to check if everyone know what they are doing.
Under the food safety Act 1990 it is illegal to sell food unfit for human consumption. The Act give power to environment health inspector to inspect food and seize food unfit for human consumption and condemning all the food area have to be clean and good standards of personal hygiene are maintained, the food have to be cooked thoroughly. The service food has to be properly because some service user may be allergic of non-cooked food. The staffs have to keep the food at the right temperature. Health and social care setting needs to be have a kitchen that meets all the requirements of the regulation.
The fire precaution regulation require business premise:
- Carry out, monitor and review a fire risk assessment.
- Plan for an emergency
- Provide fire fighting equipment and make sure that are means of escape, which are clearly signed.
Health and social care organisation need to think very carefully about how they would keep staff and service user’s staff in a fire. Sometimes it might be in appropriate to evacuate people, example those who are very sick or frail.
Using example from work experience evaluate the effectiveness of policies and promoting health, safety and security D1
The safety policies can be effective when the staffs doesn’t follow the rule. It affect patient when the staff doesn’t give the right needs to service user.
Blocked fire exits impede the example of staff and service user in an emergency increasing the risk of people becoming trapped in a building. The health setting should provide security for service user in case of any abuse.
In Sir Michael nursery where I did my work experience all the staff new about the rule and policies but they wasn’t really use it by not following the rule. The children security wasn’t really enough for children around the nursery because the staff use to live children by themselves and go upstairs for they lunch, that it effecting the children too because anything can happened between them think like fighting, swearing and jumping all over the place and get hurt.
The children room is between the exit and toilet door, which it very dangerous because children can just use those doors and anything like running away or playing inside the toilet and that, is effective the policies because all staff should be awarded that children shouldn’t be left alone by themselves is against the law.
All the staff use to give to each children the individual need but it wasn’t enough because some children had health problem which they should be having the medicine after eating, therefore staff wasn’t promoting individual needs by refusing to give the child the drug when is need, they had to wait for the parent to come and than give it to them but that wasn’t helping, some children was having serious pain and the parent have given permission already but the staff wasn’t interesting on giving the drug. Every little thing really effect children and the parent because same of the had to rush quickly to the hospital and get help.
Using the wrong equipment in hospital it affect service user too, some patient could died from bad drug or catch disease. The hospital should have food safety by having good health food for children to eat and service user in any health setting, the effect of food not been safety can give stomach pain and not been able to digest properly because the digestive system wouldn’t be working properly.
Children regulation
Lifting children
Regular, manual lifting and handling of children, particularly those with physical disabilities, can present significant risk to both the child and the staff. Only those staff whose contract of employment requires them to lift children and where they have been suitably trained should regularly lift children. The use of suitable hoists to aid lifting and moving reduces these risks to a minimum. When lifting children the same principles as for lifting any object should be applied, however the potential for the child to move whilst being lifted must be considered.
Children with specific needs may have a personal care plan. Lifting requirements should be included within such a plan. If a child does not have a personal care plan but requires lifting and moving on a regular basis a suitable manual handling plan should be drawn up that anyone who is included within the care for that child is made aware of. This plan should include details of any equipment used to assist moving the child, such as the use of a wheelchair or mobile hoist or an evac chair in an emergency. Suitable training must be given to anyone who will be required to use any such equipment.
When there is a new born it's important to hold the back of the baby's neck (neck is weak) and slide the length of your arm so it covers the buttocks and the back (spine of the baby.)
Children that are just a few months old to a year should never be lifted and tossed into the air. Many people do this as the baby may giggle, but it could do neck and spinal damage. Carrying a 1 - 2 year old should be arm under the buttocks and other arm supporting the back with hand cupping the lower part of the head or the neck area. Same things for 3 - 4 year olds.