Health & Safety

In my previous article we reviewed the need for manual handling intervention in the workplace. Manual handling is a part of our daily lives and it would be near impossible…

Introduction On a daily basis everyone worldwide carries out some activity that involves manual handling. From the moment we get up in the morning we are lifting, carrying and moving…

Management of Contractors This article will provide information on the HSE five steps to managing contractors who work on your site. The five steps are based on the HSE’s leaflet,…

The reception areas in any building are the first point of contact for visitors and service users. In the last blog we reviewed controlling the access and exit of people…

Management of Contractors This article will provide information on the management of contractors on your premises. More and more healthcare service providers will have a mixture of different types of…

In the previous article the responsibilities of the employer were reviewed. In this article we will outline the responsibilities of the employee in greater detail. Everyone at work has a…

In previous blogs, I have given guidance on health and safety outside. I will continue in this blog in the same format to cover outside safety, giving guidance and recommendations…

In this article we will explore the responsibilities of the employer in greater detail. We will examine the different steps the employer can take in the development and implementation of…