Legislation, Policies And Procedures Of Health And Social Care Setting

Management of health and safety at work (1999): This regulation was made to renew/reinforce the Heath and Safety at work act (1974). It is set out to employers to assess the risks on the other employees and other people there and how they can manage the risk in a working place. The people that are working should work safely in accordance with their training and instructions given to them.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 which had been mention in the Unit 504 in terms of how the care providers need to adjust their services to meet the legal requirement in the areas of managing health and safety at work; reporting incident; equipment safety; legionella; infection control etc. The health and safety is a huge umbrella which covers every aspect of safety running in care home setting and made it to be extremely important for group living environment. Some areas are not necessary to be required in other care setting. Take the example of infection control, due to the nature of the group living,

The Health and Safety at Work Act, this act states that the employer must make sure teachers and other educational staff are kept healthy and safe, also all pupils to be kept healthy and safe on the school premises and while they are off site e.g. school trips etc. It also ensures the health and safety of any visitors and volunteers at the school or who participate in school activities.

The Work Health and Safety Act of the Northern Territory is a legislation that gives an adjusted and broadly reliable structure to secure the wellbeing and security of workers and the working environments by several points.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the overarching piece of legislation that allows for the provision and enforcement where necessary (Health and Safety Executive) of secondary pieces of legislation (statutory instruments) such as:

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 states that employers have a duty to ensure that, as far as is reasonably practicable, their workplaces are safe which includes reducing the risk of stress related illnesses and injuries. Any potential risk should be identified by carrying out risk assessments and any measures taken must be based on the assessment .

There is a wide range of legislations and regulations that affect health and safety in a business environment. The major piece of legislation is the Health and Safety at work at also known as (HASAWA), which imposes duties on both employees and employers. Employees must work in a safe and sensible way, use equipment correctly, report any potential risks and help identify any training needs. Employers must also provide a safe work area for all employees, provide clearly defined procedures to all staff, ensure that there is safe handling, maintain safe entries and exits. Employers should also provide an adequate temperature, lighting and seating to all employees as well as ensuring visitors are informed of any hazards there

Health and safety at work Act is one of the major legislations that links to all safety regulation and features within a workplace, it utilizes all elements that enable personnel to be protected against the dangers created from working with or near equipment and machinery. Without this legislation in pale a workplace would be extremely dangerous and as a result mean that it isn’t safe for employees to work within as they would constantly be in harm’s way. The accident rate has been decreasing

The health and safety at work act of 1974 (HSWA) is a legislation that covers occupational health and safety throughout Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive and other authorities are responsible for enforcing the Act as well as a number of other Acts that are relevant to the safety of the working environment. The objective of the Act is to help secure the health, safety and welfare of a worker, the Act contains general duties some of these are: duties of employers which involve ensuring the welfare and safety of all their workers by checking that all machinery and systems are operational and safe to use and to make sure that they have the correct level of maintenance so they are safe to be operated. Duties of employees which involve

The Workplace Health and Safety Act was made to basically to improve health and safety in Victoria. It is like a guideline that helps to ensure health and safety of the people in the workplace. The Act provides statements of goals that relates to the roles and responsibilities of every workplace. It includes very important information of the key principles, duties and rights of any anyone conducting a business or undertaking. There are also Regulations that are made under the Act which identifies the duties procedures, how it should be carried out and the administrative matters. For example, the requirement of a license in order to do an activity and documentation recording. In order to provide understandable guidance, compliance codes are made. They are to give practical guidance to the people with duties and obligations such as first aid in the workplace, communicating WHS across languages, etc.

This act was ensured to help improve the health and safety in the workplace for the employer and employee. Employers must protect the 'health, safety and welfare' at work of all their employees, as well as others on their premises, including temps, casual workers, the self employed, clients, visitors and the general public.

According to (Armstrong, 2009, p.994). Health and Safety Acts is the Act that cover how the organization intends to provide health and safe place and systems of work. Therefore, to maintain a health and safety environment at my workplace and for people who are under my management: employee, service users and visitors, I ensure that I carry out risk assessment before and after any task, ensuring that everyone at work place are safe. I identify and minimize the risk of hazards and accident e.g. I remove the obstacles, I ensure the environment is clean and clear, Ensure the materials and equipments are kept in a safe place etc.

1.1 Review systems, policies and procedures for communicating information on health and safety in the health and social care workplace in accordance with legislative requirements

In the area of health and safety legislative intervention has existed continuously. There are specific sets of regulations covering matters such as violence at work, fire precautions, ventilation, and the provision of sanitary facilities, safety signs and noise at work.

The Health and Safety act 1974 is an act that was passed to protect employers, employees and contractors when in the work place. By having a health and safety framework set in place, it allows a place of work or the facility to be assessed if they are keeping to the legislations by the regulatory body HSE (Health and Safety Executive).