Course Content

• Introduction to Healthcare Health & Safety
  • Course introduction
  • About healthcare health and safety
  • Importance of Health and Safety
  • What causes accidents?
  • What is a hazard
• Regulation and the Prevention of Accidents
  • Why prevention is important and what can be done
  • Work place policies and procedures
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Health and Safety Law
  • Manual handling Employee and Employer responsibility
  • Enforcement of Health and Safety Regulations
  • Hot Water and Hot Surfaces
• Manual Handling Overview
  • Why Manual Handling is Important
  • How and Why We Lift Correctly
  • Slips, Trips and Falls
  • Slips, Trips and Falls in a Care Setting
  • Falling from Height in a Care Setting
  • Safe Use of Bedrails
  • Workstation - DSE and VDU Safety
• RIDDOR and Accident reporting
  • When an Accident Happens
  • RIDDOR and Accident Reporting
• COSHH and Waste Management
  • COSHH Regulations
  • What is a hazardous substance under COSHH
  • Routes of entry to the body
  • Good Housekeeping
• Lone Working
  • What is lone working
  • Workplace and personal Safety
  • What problems affect lone workers
  • Driving and Travelling Alone
• Basic Fire Safety
  • Fire Risk Assessment
  • The Fire Triangle
  • Calling the Fire Service
  • Fire Warden and Fire Marshals
  • Evacuating in an Emergency
  • Care Home Evacuation
  • The Fire Briefing
  • Arson
  • Fire Equipment
  • Fire Extinguishers and fire alarm points
• Handling of Violence and Aggression
  • Understand the difference between aggression, assertiveness and passive
  • Verbal and non-verbal communication skills
  • Recognising danger signs
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Dealing with aggression
  • Use of Force and Common Law
• Data Protection and the Caldicott Protocols
  • Data Protection
  • Caldicott Protocols
• Complaints handling
  • Patient Complaints
• Information Governance
  • Information Governance
  • Guidance & Writing records
  • Information Security
  • Information Sharing and Consent
  • Principles, Law and Confidentiality
  • Why we keep records and the responsibilities
• Summary
  • Course Summary