Health, Safety and Welfare

Health and Safety procedures are put in place to prevent staff and others from being harmed or becoming ill due to work, or being unable to sustain work, following a work-related incident. Whilst it is predominantly the employer/ line manager’s responsibility to ensure that the workplace is deemed a safe and healthy environment, you as an individual also have a duty of care to ensure your health and safety, as well as those around you.

By completing this e-learning module, the learner should:

• Understand the organisation’s commitment to delivering services safely and effectively
• Understand the importance in acting in ways that are compliant with current legislation, policies and guidance for maintaining personal and other’s health and safety
• Know where and how to access local policies and arrangements for consulting employees on health and safety issues
• Be aware of COSHH and RIDDOR regulations and how to apply them to their place of work
• Describe what is meant by ‘hazards’, ‘risks’ and risk assessment
• Be able to recognise and implement the five- step risk assessment process
• Be able to identify common hazards that can arise in the workplace
• Know the actions required to ensure patient safety
• Understand the processes of reporting and recording health and safety concerns
• Understand the important role in reporting incidents, ill health and near misses