Health & Safety

Volunteer week is on its way and is a celebration of all the good work done by over 21 million volunteers in the UK. The week will commence on the…

Monitoring health and safety in a work environment is important as it gives senior management the information they need to make informed decisions on ensuring the work environment remains safe…

Making sure your staff use safe moving and handling techniques is one thing; making this client centred can be quite another. I was speaking to our Moving and Handling in…

The cold icy winter weather is here and has dug its heels in. Are you and the residents of your care home looking through the windows willing the rain and wind…

What is Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT®)? Aseptic Non Touch Technique is a unique clinical practice framework developed in the 1990s and now used in many healthcare work places. It…

The Facts The latest HSE statistics have been released and confirm work related muscular skeletal disorders to be one of the highest rates of absence from work with over 9.5…

Healthcare workers support service users in their home to lead active independent lives. This home environment is also a working environment for the support workers and employers need to consider…

Introduction Healthcare personnel come into contact with patients on a day to day basis. They may be exposed to pathogens when then come into contact with blood or bodily fluids…