Health and Safety in Health and Social Care: A Comprehensive Analysis

This report delves into the critical aspects of health and safety within the context of a care home setting. It examines how legislation is implemented, the impact of health and safety requirements on customers and practitioners, and the importance of monitoring and reviewing policies. Through real-world examples and case studies, the report highlights the challenges and dilemmas faced in ensuring a safe and healthy environment for both employees and residents. It also emphasizes the significance of compliance, training, and effective communication in fostering a positive health and safety culture.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Task 1A: Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social
care workplace.................................................................................................................................5
Q1Brochure......................................................................................................................................5
Q2....................................................................................................................................................7
Task 1B: LO1 Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and
social care workplace.......................................................................................................................8
Q3....................................................................................................................................................8
Task 2: LO2 Understand the ways in which health and safety requirements impact on customers
and the work of practitioners in the health and social care workplace............................................9
Q4 In this section, you should analyse how information from risk assessments informs care
planning for individuals and organisational decision-making. Consider identifying and analysing
key principles of care planning and risk assessment. [P2.1, M2]....................................................9
Q5 You should analyse the impact of one aspect of any health and safety policy. Link analysis to
your own health and social care work experience. [P2.2]...............................................................9
Q6 You should discuss by giving relevant example(s) of how dilemma(s) encountered in
implementing health and safety policies can be addressed. Here you can give an example of a
case study but you must also discuss what the dilemma in the case study is. [P2.3]....................10
Q7 Finally, you should analyse the effects of non-compliance with health and safety legislation
in the health and social care workplace. [P2.4, M3]......................................................................11
Q8 In this section you should explain how health and safety policies and practices are monitored
and reviewed in your own workplace. [P3.1]................................................................................12
Q9 you should analyze the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in your health
and social care workplace in promoting a positive health and safe culture. Here you must use
your actual workplace practice to include into your answer. [P3.2, D2].......................................12
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Q10 Finally, you should evaluate your own contributions to placing the health and safety needs
of individuals at the centre of your practice. Consider the issues of compliance; training;
practices; and interactions with individuals, groups and agencies. In this section, you may want
to use Gibbs reflective cycle in reflecting on your own performance in helping to meet the health
and safety needs of the service users. [P3.3, D3]..........................................................................13
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................14
Reference list:................................................................................................................................15
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Introduction
Every care homes are required to have proper documentations of the health and safety of the
employees along with the patents or the residents so that accidents can be prevented from suh
places. In this case, it can also be stated that at the time of the induction in Aldgate East Care
Home, the documents that were provided regarding the health and safety of the employees were
not adequate at all that will ensure the employees and other people to be safe and secured.
Therefore, based on various fields the research has been conducted that it is essential for the care
homes to incorporate appropriate proper rules a regulations that will help the employers to
comply with the Health and safety of the employees and other residents. In this report, the
various policies and the regulations that are effective for the health and safety of the employees
and other residents have been explained with efficacy.
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Task 1A: Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and
social care workplace
Q1Brochure
In order to communicate the health and safety policies and regulations that are required for the
care home namely Aldgate East Care Home. Here, it was observed that the care home has failed
to incorporate several important regulations and policies for the safety of the employees and the
residents in the place. The following policies need to be communicating with the employees and
other people who reside there. Through the induction process, it was clear that the organization
failed to incorporate certain important points which are related to the accidents occurred by fire
and other chemical contaminations (Gostin, and Wiley, 2016). The following regulations are
required to be communicated with the employees so that the accidents and the issues can be
mitigated before or after it takes place:
 The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
 The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
 Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983
 Care Standards Act 2000
 Health Services and Public Health Act 1968
With the help of these policies, the care home will be able to mitigate the issues that are being
encountered by the care home. Therefore, it can be stated that the communication of the
regulations and policies would help in advising the employees how to act at the time of
emergencies. The health and safety of the employees is the responsibility of the employer and
hence, it is highly essential for the employers to implement the regulations in this case so that the
safety and the security of the employees can be ensured. Moreover, the employees must be
trained regarding the different ways to handle the issue so that the health and safety can be
ensured. In this case, it can also be stated that as communicating the different regulations is
important therefore selection of proper ways to communicate is also essential. In this case,
active participation of the employees and the employers is considered to be very important.
Moreover, the employers must also listen o the perceptions of the employees regarding the
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policies and the regulations that have been selected. This communication can be done with the
help of putting notices in the bulletin boards, email, formal training and face-to-face
communication etc (Phillips, 2016).
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Aldgate East Care Home
The health and safety policies
and regulations that are required
for the care home namely
Aldgate East Care Home.
The care home has failed to
incorporate several important
regulations and policies for the
safety of the employees and the
residents in the place.
The regulations required to be communicated with the employees:
 The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
 The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
 Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act
1983
 Care Standards Act 2000
 Health Services and Public Health Act 1968

Q2
In the care home namely Aldgate East Care Home, it is essential for the management to
undertake suitable steps that would help the employees to enjoy a healthy and safety working
environment. However, it can also be stated that as the management of the care home is
responsible for the well being of the employees it is also essential for the other stakeholders to
comply with the same so that they too can undertake suitable steps that would help them to
mitigate the issues that are being faced by the people in the care homes (Dyrbye, et al., 2017).
The stakeholders in short are the employees, employers, visitors, customers, partners etc. In this
case, it can be mentioned that they too need to be informed or updated regarding the policies that
are being followed by the Aldgate East Care Home, so that it does not affect the ongoing
processes o the care home. The responsibilities have been reviewed below:
Firstly, it is highly essential for the employers to ensure that the employees and the people who
resides there are safe and healthy. As per the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, it is clearly
stated that the employer need to comply with the employees so that they are able to work with
efficacy and ensure the people and the employees to be healthy and safe. They must undertake
suitable step that would help them to achieve the main objective regarding safety of the people in
their care home. Moreover, the employers must be able to assess the risks that can affect their
people so that beforehand, they can mitigate the same (Loeppke, et al., 2015). On the other
hand, the employees must also be aware of the fact that they are health conscious and thus illness
or being unhealthy does not affect other people nearby them in the care homes. In order to meet
the requirements of the legal arrangement, the employees must have a clear cooperation with
their co-workers and the employers so that their objective of being healthy and work in a health
and safe environment is achieved. Moreover, the customers and the visitors must also comply
with the different regulations so that they do not fail to meet the requirements of the care homes.
If the people can work with proper collaboration then they would be able to meet the objective of
the Aldgate East Care Home.
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Task 1B: LO1 Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health
and social care workplace
Q3
It is very essential to consider the fact that the care home needs to implement the policies along
with the fact considering that the safety needs to be ensured to the employees. Here, it can be
stated that there are certain priority fields that needs attention by the employers. As an example
that has been showcased in the case study is that the organization has failed to keep the patients
secured as an old man ageing 90 years fell from the hoist when he was being taken through the
slip. Therefore, it is clear that the staffs are not well trained or effective that would help them to
cooperate with the patients in an efficient number. Firstly the employer must comply with the
Data protection act 1998, the data or documents submitted by the customers must not be shared
with the third party. Moreover, the patients must not be neglected under the law National Health
Service Act 2006 and every patient must be treated with care. In this case, it can be stated that
the Risk assessment is very important for the employer to consider as this would help in
maintaining the work environment as a healthier one (Brownson, et al., 2017).
Another example that must be considered in this case is that a young woman ageing 21 years
named Alison has faced unsafe working circumstances that led her to operate her leg out. One
day when she went to office unconsciously she slipped over the wet leaves in front of their office
leading to break her kneecap and for the same she had to be at bed rest for 6 months. In addition
to this on returning to office again on wet floor she slipped off as there were no sign or warning
that the tiled floor was wet. Thus, it can be considered as the fact that the employer of her
company was not effective in providing proper training to the employees and for this very reason
their co-workers have to face such worsened circumstances.
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Task 2: LO2 Understand the ways in which health and safety requirements impact on
customers and the work of practitioners in the health and social care workplace
Q4 In this section, you should analyse how information from risk assessments informs care
planning for individuals and organisational decision-making. Consider identifying and
analysing key principles of care planning and risk assessment. [P2.1, M2]
The assessment of the risk is considered to be very efficient in nature as this would help the
organization to understand the issues that they are facing and at the same time develop suitable
steps that would help them to overcome the issues. On assessing the risks or after the
accomplishment of the risk assessment the issues are highlight and the different steps are
designed so that this would help in mitigating the issues in an effective manner (Dyrbye, et al.,
2017). The key principles of the care planning and the risk assessment can be fruitful is the
following steps are considered at the time assessing the risks:
 The report that has been designed must be introduced to the employers and the higher
authorities.
 Choices, control and human rights
 Autonomy and liberty
 Important messages must be delivered to the employees and other professionals.
Q5 You should analyze the impact of one aspect of any health and safety policy. Link
analysis to your own health and social care work experience. [P2.2]
Based on the regulations of the Work Act 1974, it has been observed that the main aim of the
care home is to provide suitable car to the patients with effective leadership thereby manually
treating the bariatric patients. The assessment of risk is considered to be an important part as this
can help in enhancing the quality of the services that are provided to the patients (Issel and
Wells, 2017). In addition to this, it can b stated that hygiene and cleanliness must be considered
in every care homes. In case of the old woman 97 years old stated that cleaning her is very
intrusive and she denied to get cleaned. This caused dilemma amongst the doctors and
attendants. As per the regulation of “Health and Safety at work act 1977”, the bariatric protocol
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has become very important in this case. The following steps must be followed while dealing with
the bariatric patients:
 It is advisable to both the employers and the employees to design the risk assessment plan
in an effective manner before handling such patients so that if they face any issues they
can easily mitigate the same in an effective manner.
 Operating within an organization by following the rules of “Health and Safety at work act
1974” will be effective in order to ensure the safety of the employees and the patients
there.
 According to the part of ‘VII Occupational Safety & Health Regulation’ it is
essential to carry with the procedures after designing the risk assessment.
Q6 You should discuss by giving relevant example(s) of how dilemma(s) encountered in
implementing health and safety policies can be addressed. Here you can give an example of
a case study but you must also discuss what the dilemma in the case study is. [P2.3]
The health care professional often faces issues or dilemmas regarding what to be done with their
patients and the conditions that they face. In this case, it can be mentioned that the dilemma is a
part of this profession. As per the case study, it has been observed that the lady who was 97 years
old didn’t allowed the professionals to clean her as she thought the services to intrusive.
Therefore, the professionals were in dilemma in how they would be able to undertake the case as
she didn’t allowed them to clean her private parts as well. Therefore, it is important for the
professionals to be trained in an effective manner so that they can manage patients having these
conditions. There are few points that must be considered by the health care professionals while
dealing with the patients:
Telling the truth
It is very essential to tell the truth to the patients of the issues and their health conditions that
they are dealing with. It is important for them to develop a good relationship with the patients.
This will help the patients to develop a trust with the professionals.
Dilemma and safety of the patients
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When the professionals are facing issues regarding the patient’s health conditions it is very
important for them to develop good relation with the patients. They cannot force the patients for
their treatment according to the Health and safety Act 1974.
Personal issues
Favoring any patients based on any circumstances and neglecting the others is strictly prohibited
by the legislations that are faced by the health care professionals. Based on the Equality Act
2000, it is important for the care homes to offer equal treatments to the patients.
Q7 Finally, you should analyse the effects of non-compliance with health and safety
legislation in the health and social care workplace. [P2.4, M3]
If a care home is observed to have failed to comply the regulations that they are required to then
it would impact negatively impact on the brand image of the organization. In this case, it must be
considered that the organizations must avoid non-compliance with the regulations for the safety
of the employees and the patients who are in the care homes. In case of the non-compliance of
the regulations the below mentioned penalties must be charged:
Imprisonment- if it has been observed that the care professionals have failed to comply with the
rules and regulations that are set for them by the UK government then this would result in the
imprisonment of the employer’s right then.
Negative impact on brand- if the employer of the health care homes is found to have done non-
compliance with the regulations set for the organization and for the same reason the employer
has been imprisoned then this can have negative impact on the brand image of the care home.
Fines- moreover, fines are also charged on the employers and the authorities of the care homes if
they are found have followed non compliance with the regulation that are set out for the
organization, then this will lead to charge fines to the employers which is a high amount.
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Task 3: LO3 Understand the monitoring and review of health and safety in the health and
social care workplace
Q8 In this section you should explain how health and safety policies and practices are
monitored and reviewed in your own workplace. [P3.1]
In order to maintain health and safety standards, monitoring and reviewing of various factors is
considered as an integral part of it. It might need a lot of effort and time, monitoring and
reviewing various essential factors protects the employees and clients from many undue risks
such as absenteeism, injuries and accidents and many more. In order to put value to the work,
monitoring health and safety home should be monitored in such a way that it not only helps to
identify the problem, but also provide a suitable idea as to how it should be addressed. The
monitoring of an organization should be done in a various ways depending on the size and type
of an organization. There should be an extensive report, which would include various
information regarding the work place. There should be routine inspection of different types of
risks associated with the workplace (Rattan, et al., 2017).
The health and safety home should include an important review system, which determines
whether the risk control equipments are able to protect employees from any risk at the
workplace. The review of the health and safety home should be done at least once in a year. The
review should include whether all the health and safety policies are being followed wherever
needed. The risk management reports should be sent time to time in orders to safeguard the
employees and clients (Grayson, and Hodges, 2017.).
Q9 you should analyze the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in your
health and social care workplace in promoting a positive health and safe culture. Here you
must use your actual workplace practice to include into your answer. [P3.2, D2]
It is quite certain that the health and safety care manager should analyze various factors that need
to be checked, and should look for ways and means to improve them in order to create a happier
and better place to be in. The safety and healthcare policies are a major part of it. These policies
are documented obligations, principles, objectives and commitment that helps these health and
social care home in decision making for their employees. These policies allow the workers in the
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management of legal risks as well as outline the benefits that the company provides to its
workers (Naidoo, and Wills, 2016). The analysis should be made based on these points:
 New workers should be kept informed with all the updates.
 Expectations from worker that include their behavior and performance.
 Decision making framework should be made clear.
 There should be certain guidelines and rules for such decision-making.
 The response should be certain and clear while dealing with it.
 All the workers should be treated equally and fairly.
These health and safety procedures are important because the determine whether the organization
is adhering to its safety and health obligations. It also helps to clear out functions and
responsibilities in business. It further assists in managing employees in a proper way by
demonstrating various accepted and unexpected behavior in the place of work (Ammendolia, et
al., 2016).
Q10 Finally, you should evaluate your own contributions to placing the health and safety
needs of individuals at the centre of your practice. Consider the issues of compliance;
training; practices; and interactions with individuals, groups and agencies. In this section,
you may want to use Gibbs reflective cycle in reflecting on your own performance in
helping to meet the health and safety needs of the service users. [P3.3, D3]
There has to be many contribution an employee makes to an organization. Evaluation can mainly
be determined in two segments. They are professional evaluation and personal evaluation. From
an employee’s point of view, it is important to understand that his contributions to health and
safety care workplace is measured by the number of times the employee has helped in reducing
risk of the workplace (Viergever, et al., 2015). This could be done by the employee in a number
of ways. The employee has to first identify risks and should evaluate the hazards. He should
know the responsibilities and should also be able to report and monitor various information in
order to reduce the chance of risk. The implementation of health and safety regulations of 1981
is also considered a part of the employee’s duty when it comes to contributing to the organization
in terms of health and safety. The affected people in the workplace are given immediate first aid.
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However, the employee should be more responsible in figuring out various risk factors that may
harm the organization largely (Payne, 2015).
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Health and safety policies and practices to
monitor workplace and its effectiveness
It might need a lot of effort and time,
monitoring and reviewing various
essential factors protects the employees
and clients from many undue risks such
as absenteeism, injuries and accidents
and many more. There should be routine
inspection of different types of risks
associated with the workplace (Rattan, et
al., 2017).
The review should include whether all
the health and safety policies are being
followed wherever needed. The risk
management reports should be sent time
to time in orders to safeguard the
employees and clients (Grayson, and
Hodges, 2017.).
These policies allow the workers in
the management of legal risks as
well as outline the benefits that the
company provides to its workers
(Naidoo, and Wills, 2016).
 New workers should
be kept informed with
all the updates.
 Expectations from
worker that include
their behavior and
performance.
 Decision making
framework should be
made clear.
 There should be
certain guidelines and
rules for such
decision-making.

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Gibbs reflective cycle in professional performance in Health and Social
Care Service
 From an employee’s point of view, it is important to understand that his
contributions to health and safety care workplace is measured by the number of
times the employee has helped in reducing risk of the workplace (Viergever, et al.,
2015).
 The employee has to first identify risks and should evaluate the hazards. He should
know the responsibilities and should also be able to report and monitor various
information in order to reduce the chance of risk.
 The implementation of health and safety regulations of 1981 is also considered a part
of the employee’s duty when it comes to contributing to the organization in terms of
health and safety. The affected people in the workplace are given immediate first
aid. However, the employee should be more responsible in figuring out various risk
factors that may harm the organization largely (Payne, 2015).

Conclusion:
This is precisely the last and ultimate part of the assignment. This part of the article deals with
the various ways in which health and safety care are monitored and reviewed in health and safety
care home for the betterment of the employees as well as the clients. The discussion of various
ways and means by which the monitoring and reviewing needs to be done are discussed in a
detailed way. The effectiveness of health and safety care practices in health and safety care
workplace has also been discussed in a detailed way. Then the last portion deals with the
evaluation of the contributions the employee has made to the organization.
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