HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATIONS Occupational health and safety legislations are enforced to regulate the standards of workplace health and safety with the main aim of preventing workplace accidents‚ injuries and diseases. They also outline consequences for breaches of such standards. They provide‚ in detail‚ the responsibilities of employers‚ supervisors‚ and of employees. Generally‚ the legislations require the employer to do everything they can rationally do to protect the health and safety of their
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Health and safety legislation Two of the most important pieces of health and safety legislation affecting educational establishments across the UK are the Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other regulations also exist to cover work activities that carry specific risks‚ for example lifting
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2013 No. 108 HEALTH AND SAFETY The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 Made 18th April 2013 11th May 2013 Coming into operation - The Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment(a)‚being the Department concerned(b) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) and (2)(c) and 55(2) of‚ and paragraphs 1(1)‚ 7(1)‚ 13‚ 14(1)‚ 15 and 19 of Schedule 3 to‚ the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland)
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Box 1 4.1: Setting’s health and safety policies and procedures Legislation and regulations guide practitioners how they must work within the nursery. They are also important because they communicate to practitioners how the nursery should run. The nursery must interpret the law and the regulations that apply to them. Settings do this by inventing policies that explain how the setting will work in line with the law and the regulations. Policies also let other professionals‚ parents/carers
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Health and Safety Legislation 1. Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) 1995 RIDDOR came into force on the 1st of April 1996 and requires you to report some work-related accidents‚ disease and dangerous occurrences to the Health and Safety Executive. Major injuries include: * Fracture / break other than to fingers‚ thumbs or toes * Amputation * Dislocation of the shoulder‚ hip‚ knee or spine * Loss of sight Dangerous occurrences include:
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Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to heath‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings. In this essay i will be explaining how different pieces of legislation influence health and care. Legislation consists of laws made by parlement‚ or people given power by parlement‚ such as a govenor. Legislation shows us what we need to do in certain environments‚ for example what to do to make us safe and how to do it. Health and safety at work act 1974 The Health and
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Health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting 1. Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting Health and safety policies are there to protect children‚ visitors and staff‚ all early years settings have to follow the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. My setting complies with ESTYN. All settings are covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 for Great Britain‚ my employer has responsibility for the health and safety
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At the setting we have a promoting positive behaviour policy in place‚ which dictates the procedures that should be followed and be consistently used in our practice. The person that has overall responsibility for the management of behaviour is the setting manager‚ Helen Jacklin. The policy also states that we will attend relevant training to help us understand and guide appropriate models of behaviour‚ implement the settings behaviour procedure which includes the stepped approach‚ and have the
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E3: Health‚ Safety and Welfare at Work: Employment and Equality (A) The health safety and welfare at work 2005. This act applies to all employers‚ self-employed and employees in all places of work. The manual handling‚ which forms part of the safety‚ health and welfare at work regulations 2007. Safety should be a high priority for everyone. Employers and employees work safely to protect themselves and other employees. The HAS is a state sponsored body that monitors the workplace to ensure that they
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P2 Outline how key legislation‚ policies and procedures in relation to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care delivery Legislation Legislation is defined as the processor act of making law or a set of laws by the governing body of the country. They are set in place in every work setting to ensure the health and safety of the people within the area. Without these laws there would be many accidents that could harm both the employee and employer. Safety (General food hygiene)
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