Our website is here to help you with health & safety matters in the care sector. If you have a   question or need advice, start by taking a look at our documents or if a member, use our discussion forum.

 

Find guidance and information on topics such as Fire Safety, Restraint, Manual Handling, Scalding, First-Aid, Risk Assessment, Care Plans and much more.Look at details of our dedicated events you can attend to network with colleagues in the care sector helping raise the profile of health and safety If not a member, join today, and be part of our growing UK membership.  

      

Chris Jackson CMIOSH, National Chair   

 

Following the succesful event in Cardiff last November, make a date for your diary as we continue the Capital Events, the next one to be held in Edinburgh on Tuesday April 3rd

- hear about the new agreement for H&S compliance.

- hear from the care regulator on their take on H&S as part of an inspection.

- Practitioners supporting & advising managers. Where to go for guidance.

- Fire safety for the care sector, Strategy & management. 

- Lessons from the Rose Park fire.

Booking,programme details and directions are on line now.  More here>> 

Following the presentation of the outcome of the recent consultation on the fee-for-intervention scheme  (FFI) setting out proposals for a Fee for Intervention (FFI) the HSE Board agreed  (7th December meeting) that from April 2012 the HSE will charge duty-holders who materially breach health and safety law a rate of £124 per hour for its intervention.

The charges will be counted from when a letter or e-mail recording the duty-holder’s breach is sent.

The HSE will recommend to the minister for employment the draft Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012, to  come into force next April. 

Work on checking standards in English care home fell "significantly" after a new watchdog was introduced, the National Audit Office has warned in report. Report>>  

Report was published on 28 November 2011. The response fully supports the Professor's recommendations and sets out the next steps for implementation. Report>>  

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to carry out a themed inspection programme of home care services. The programme will help the regulator develop new ways to ensure these services meet the essential standards people have a right to expect and that people are being treated with dignity and respect.

The programme will start in April and will cover about 250 providers of domiciliary care services. Details>>  

The Cold Weather Plan for England issued on 1 November 2011. It is part of the wider suite of measures which the DH and NHS are taking to protect individuals and communities from the effects of severe winter weather. The Plan provides advice for individuals, communities and agencies on how to prepare for and respond to severe cold weather as part of wider winter planning and announces the ‘Warm Homes, Healthy People’ fund. Details>> 

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The Social Care & Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) have produced this reference tool - Managing falls and fractures in care homes for older people   Log on to Members area >> Documents Free section>> for more information. 

Information and the sharing of best practice along with its appropriate application is key to a safe care service - we have available guidance on those subjects that need to be at the top of everyone's safety agenda. 

 The first SIP concerns Hot Water – Risk of Scalding  Hot Water>>  All other  issues  (log on to the members area)