Health and Safety Priorities in Workplace

The assignment discusses various work providers' organisations that maintain different health and safety priorities. It highlights the importance of preceding policies guidance for suitable functioning. The document references several books and journals on workplace violence, health promotion programs, and risk communication. It emphasizes the need to reduce health inequities among low-income workers and promote integrated approaches to reducing such disparities.

Health and Safety in the Health
and Social Care Workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Revaluation method, policies and process for communicating collection on health and
social care workplace.............................................................................................................1
1.2 Evaluate the obligation in particular health and social care work place for administration
of health and safety.................................................................................................................2
1.3 Examine health and safety precedence suitable for a particular health and social care work
place........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Examine how data from risk measure inform care designing for individual and
organizational decision making..............................................................................................4
2.2 Effect of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care exercise or its
customized..............................................................................................................................5
2.3 Discuss how dilemmas encountered in relation to executing method and policies for
wellbeing, safety and security................................................................................................5
2.4 Examination the outcome of non compliance with health and safety legislations in HSC6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1 State how health and safety policies and pattern are supervised and reviewed...............7
3.2 Examine effectivity of welfare and safety policies and practices in workplace in
encouraging positive health and safety culture......................................................................7
3.3 Measure contribution to placing the health and safety needs of individual as centre of
activity....................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
In health and social care, wellbeing and safety is an essential consideration for all
practitioners. It is necessary for continuous monitoring the executing health and safety legislation
and policies. In order to do so, BUPA are providing health and safety (Phillips,2016). This
report is based on Four Seasons Health Care (Scotland) Limited (FSHCL) and North
Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. These organizations are providing healthcare
services that consists of method, plan of action and process for communication collection on
health and social care work with legislature necessitate. The report will highlight the, duty in a
special wellbeing and social care work place for the administration of health and safety and its
priorities. Further, this report will also comprise of collection from risk evaluate sort aid planning
for individuals and organizational decision making about policies and procedures and impact of
one aspect of health and safety policy. Moreover it also includes effectualness of health and
safety policies and practices in workplace along with own contribution to place health and safety
needs.
TASK 1
1.1 Revaluation method, policies and process for communicating collection on health and social
care workplace
There is need of specific communication medium that to transfer the information in an
effective way. All the staff members can communicate across the organizational structure to
manage the activities in health and social care workplace (World Health Organization,2014).
Thus, BUPA follow a systematic approach to manage information through utilising a specific
system that is described as record keeping in which an entire record is stored by the organization.
It is stated by the law that it is necessary for employers, self - engaged and other people who are
in manage of site to avoid the incidents at workplace. According to Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), the employer needs to
ensure to restrict all kind of deadly incidents. The organisations need to maintain a report that
consists of accidents, injuries, illness, work related deaths in a well-managed manner so that the
information can be transferred to others whenever it is required. The organisations can record in
the computer that can be access to analyse the patterns of injuries and illness in order to assess
the risks factors.
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Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 (COSHH) includes hazardous
substances such as chemicals, products containing chemicals, fumes, dusts, vapours, mists,
nanotechnology, etc. It states that organization should protect their employees through exchange
of information (Preibisch and Otero,2014)). This is essential for employees and employer that
they provide detailed information about perils that can harm them and can cause to death. So
both of them should carefully exchange information in order to maintain positive environment at
workplace. Care standard act is also a ethical term that has consider for health and social care.
According to this regulation management of health organisations requires to provide training to
their worker in order to maximise their working skills as well as capacity. Through this they can
provide quality services to users in effective manner. BUPA can also keeping records of their
patients with the help of systematic procedures. They are exchanging information which are
related to health and social care at workplace.
1.2 Evaluate the obligation in particular health and social care work place for administration of
health and safety
In health and social care, safety and health are conceived by authorities association and
non-government organisation in the UK. The authority of UK has managed health care and
public health system. In this system, obligation are distributed from the local government to the
health division (Hutchinson and Jackson,2015). This includes service providers and takers, NHS
authorization board, clinical commissioning groups and national and public health. It is the
integrated system in which all the organisational authority have obligation and responsibilities in
the context of health and social care at workplace. The organisation responsibilities is to take
care of their employees, employers, visitors who come for taking services. The BUPA
management main duty is to evaluate and monitor the whole procedure which help in improving
performance and also reach with desired goals or targets.
Along with this, the other responsibility of management in HSC is to conduct auditing
and inspecting whole workplace. With the help of such factors, they are easily identify potential
hazards and dangers which occurs within an organisation and try to resolve them. It is the best
way through which they can recognising the risk before they have ability to cause an injury.
There are number of legislation to assist health and safety in the wellbeing and societal
care at workplace. Health and safety at work Act 1974, the major issue related to workplace
health, safety and welfare across the various sectors which has been covered in this enactment.
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As a health and safety environment, under this act workers have common duty or responsibility
to take care of others and collaborate with managers. Management of Health and Safety at
work Regulation, 1992 is that act which result in refining act 1974 in which they require
employers who carry out risk assessments and record the important findings. This act is compels
with managers for make arrangement for executing the health and safety measures, to set up
emergency process provide clear data and information. In this, they are providing training to
their employees and work together with their managers for sharing the same workplace.
1.3 Examine health and safety precedence suitable for a particular health and social care work
place
There are various work render organisation which maintain various health and safety
precedence (Goetzel and et. al., 2014). But, health and safety in the health and social care
workplace which are required for doing certain services of specific health and social care
facilities. In this respect, there are various priorities which are taken place for a disabled person
welfare and societal care workplace.
For a single respective health, firstly they need to understand and evaluate disabled
person behaviour then observe the ground behind such behaviour. After discovering the causes
care will be started. They are providing help in dealing with various social issues or problems
and surroundings. After that, they must tried to know about the improvement of a person's health
situation as per the programme for interacting with such individual. For individual safety
context, they require to take disable person at secured place where dangerous electric line is not
present. Health care management require to take them free from workplace from risky techniques
and methods such as stab. Also they need to take free from drugs and other harmful substance.
For disabled individual, they required to get specific and accurate information effectively.
To develop perfect relationship between an individual and health care employee for providing
such information (McGuire,2014). It includes organisational and service clarity should be
guaranteed and public can be access in the health and social care area. It is necessary for
maintaining healthy relationship and make proper interaction among service providers and
takers. Lastly, they are executing and implementing new policies for the welfare of an
organisation.
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TASK 2
2.1 Examine how data from risk measure inform care designing for individual and organizational
decision making
The outcome of risk assessments is very optimistic in informing people towards care of
patients and people. It will help in developing or making the information with accomplished
hazard which are available in the health and social care (Baron and et. al., 2014). It is directly
impact on reflections that can be experienced decision making procedure in proper manner. As
per the case scenario, it can be analysed that management does not manage and control all
functions which are related to health care safety properly. The organisation required to conduct
regular investigation of their temperature system through this they can reduces major issue which
occurs. As per this case, there is lack of communication among staff members that create barriers
or risks. Due to this, no person can realise that there is a film organised in evening. Apart from
this, risk assessments define the determination of dangerous, possible hardship of harm
consequent from each damage and monitoring the risk in proper manner. Such type of
information acquire by conducting risk assessments that are useful for an individual care
planning and also it will assist organisation in making appropriate decision about policies or
procedures. If Four Seasons Health Care Ltd risk assessment is not perfect so their policies are
related to health and safety is not effectively implemented or designed in accurate manner.
The risk assessment procedure main advantage is related to facts which enable an
enterprise for recognise the issue and problems that are faced currently. It will provide the
facility or service to analyse existent regulation with current standardized and with the help of
comparative analysis, they can make proper improvement (Lundgren and McMakin,2018). On
the other hand, planning procedure can be improved as an organisation gets hold on their
revaluation and observation appropriate procedure. The organisation required to follow all
policies guidelines for appropriate functioning. They need to make proper changes in their
current strategies and policies which can be expedited if the present policies does not matched
with the set instructions. The decision can be effectual and outcome directed which is most
important for all the people related to health and social care organisation. The safety of people
can be ensured through risk assessment but it must be done in better and appropriate manner.
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2.2 Effect of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care exercise or its
customized
There are different factors which can assist in developing appropriate collection of health
and safety for customers and care practices. The one factor does not used in the respect of health
and safety of worker. Health and safety, food and security are the most essential for managing
and handling machines. There are certain factors which can provide the high level of security not
for the patients but for the employees also (Bibby,2017). Along with this, one aspect of health
and safety policy is to make sure that safety environment should be maintained at the workplace.
In this, health and safety is useful for ensuring their patient condition. It is analysed that if food
safety is not appropriate within the company setting then patient does not feel good which take
more time in being healthier.
In United Kingdom, there are different form of health and safety policies in the context of
health and social care workplace. Such policies covers several aspects that are associated with
health and social care. These policies have make optimistic effect and this have certain
limitations and negative effect. Health and safety regulation 1918, in this organisation manager
need to ensure about first aid box, disciplined first assistance which existing in the health and
social care workplace. As per this scenario, Four Seasons Health Care Ltd. Is failed to ensure
about hot water temperature which create major harm to an individual by suffered from severe
burns to feet and ankles. In this aspect, company manager require to conduct regular
investigation for their temperature degree that does not provide harm to the another person in
future time. This is very important regulation where organisation should protect their employees
health regarding any issues. If such firm fails to meet with requirements so the local Standard
agency can take involvement.
2.3 Discuss how dilemmas encountered in relation to executing method and policies for
wellbeing, safety and security
There are different issues which are related to execution of plan of action and process in
the context of health and safety measures within an organisation (García-Morenoand et. al.,
2015). The major dilemma are related to communication with all plans and process at different
hierarchical levels. Sometime there is situation occurs when employees are behave very careless
in manner and it will create trouble in context to ensuring the safety or security. Therefore, there
are number of people who are acquainted with such factors but still there is requirement of
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appropriate health and safety policies. Sometime, the situation occurs that Four Season has no
place to protect residents and it will create major issue. As per the investigation, it can be
analysed that deceased could not eat solid food items. Therefore, the lack of training towards
regulating or operating the different machines that are seen as dilemma in relation to executing
system and methods for welfare and condition.
In respect of addressing such problems, there is necessity of positioning with legitimate
aspects within an enterprise. The intrinsic lawful element should be matched according to the
external legal aspects. It can render high safety and safe surroundings (Magill and et. al., 2014).
Along with this, all the department and employees are needed to conduct in absorbed way and
certain elements of negligence should be confront. Therefore, the function of legitimate prospect
is huge in order to eliminate all dilemma. The major issue is organisation does not conduct
regular analysis of their bathing temperature because it will create burn to a person in badly
manner. For reducing this problem, the firm need to train their workers for conducting daily
investigation for temperature. The dilemma related to lack of communication could be eradicated
in easy way. They require to flow all information at appropriate manner from one person to
another. Proper interaction with each staff member by managers should eliminate such type of
issue within an organisation. With the help of effective communication, the company easily
analyse their patients wants and needs in better manner. Thus, in this way, such dilemma could
be addressed or removed in better manner.
2.4 Examination the outcome of non compliance with health and safety legislations in HSC
There are different factors which are related to non compliance of health and safety rules
at the work area. If legislation is not clear so there is lot of issue or problem will be faced
organisation. In addition to this, the unsupportive consequences can be the roles and duties of
care providers which should be described in better manner. It is one of the major problem
associated with non compliance (Larsson and et. al., 2014). The care providers does not capable
for understand different aspects which are useful on the grounds of their rights. As per the case
scenario, Four Season Health Care are found guilty where they are not checked the temperature
on daily basis due to this an individual burns to feet and ankles. They are given penalty of
£30,000 for breaching of Health and safety at work act 1974 as per the section 3/1. On the other
hand, FSHCL are not investigated that the patient are not eaten solid food but they failed to do
this so they found guilty to pay fine of £125000 to the HSE.
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TASK 3
3.1 State how health and safety policies and pattern are supervised and reviewed
The observation of welfare and safety policies and practices is an essential part of health
and safety organisation. The obligation does not end here when health and safety policy is
written and establish. It is the initial stage for implementing policy in the working surroundings.
As per the case scenario, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS trust facing some
service improvement targets and goals. The company are giving responsibility to the director
regarding leadership of health and safety. For monitoring and reviewing the health and safety
policies so it is necessary to be retroactive while evaluating the effectualness of company policy
(Glasby, 2017). In wellbeing and societal care, monitoring and reviewing is important for
morale, cost and legitimate ground. There are two structure of health and safety policies that
includes proactive monitoring which are taken action before happened. In this, organisation
required to check execution standards and managing whole management by regular
investigation. They should conduct safety audit which are necessary for analysing all factors in
detailed manner. On the other hand, reactive monitoring in which they analyse consequence after
this will happened. It pertain leaning from mistake and errors.
In daily welfare and safety consider firm need to examine the listing of the actions,
procedures and parts of premises. For recognising the potential and dangerous risks within an
organisation is required. Therefore correct monitoring and reviewing initiatory should be taken
for upgrading health and safety situations in the health and social care workplace.
3.2 Examine effectivity of welfare and safety policies and practices in workplace in encouraging
positive health and safety culture
The health and safety regulation is to be effectual, the method, procedures and policies
required to be efficaciously enforced within an organisation. Such policies are directly comply
with the processes and structure of the healthcare firm (Jeffreys,2015). The effectiveness of
health and safety policies or practices can be promoted in positive manner to the safety culture.
In this, care planning assist in increasing the well-being of workers at the time of reaching with
their needs. It can be done by enhancing its safety and security while executing principle of
effective practices. As per the scenario, the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS
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board actively promote their culture which provide staff high confidence to reports which
includes incidence rate reduced with 16% in the two years and insurance premium decreased by
10%. It is necessary for an organisation is to effectively reviewing and monitoring best
appropriate practices that can help in developing safe and health environment in the context of
security practices. Along with this, firm should postulate on obligation, training, compliance,
activity and examine how various individuals, groups and agencies are communicate.
Management of safety and health is responsible for evaluating and monitoring health and
safety policies and different ways which has been executed. It can be done with the assistance of
auditing and inspection the whole enterprise by using management information system and
representation. Sometime, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS are laid down a set of
guidance which make sure that health and safety followed with the organisational policies and
procedures. Effectiveness of health and safety policies are mainly depending upon boosting
health and societal aid workplace. For promoting health and social care concentrate on various
number of aspects. It includes organisational environment, non-occupational aspects and also
promoting healthy lifestyles. Other act of management of health and safety at work Regulation
1992 which is the result of processing the act 1974 in which this legislation required that
mangers should carry out risk assessment and recording important findings.
3.3 Measure contribution to placing the health and safety needs of individual as centre of activity
The role of execution and administration of health and safety exercise are multiple. The
contribution of an individual in the health and social care is to provide health and safety
requirements to a person. Firstly, an individual need to determine some policies and strategies of
residential care home that involves Anti-smoking, housekeeping policy, etc. Then initiate
necessary steps for dealing with all such issues or problems. Also they require to develop safety
environment at the workplace as per the needs of patients. Along with this, organisation need to
contribute in health and safety measures which help them in identifying arising risks. They will
ensure that all relevant legislation are determined while undertaking tasks and each person is in
the compliance of them. They need to consider the health and safety issues before beginning the
work with the help of techniques. An employer of an organisation require to make sure that
standards quality should be taken place and risk controlled in effective manner. Setting standards
for health and safety in the premises, people and procedures which are controlled by company
managers appropriately.
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CONCLUSION
From the above described report it can be analysed that health and social care play an
important role within an organisation. All the people are taking equal opportunities of health and
safety in the context of welfare and societal workplace. For processing health work render
competent to the incorporated training which is also required to the staff members. All company
employees can communicate across the organizational structure to manage the activities in health
and social care workplace. In health and social care, safety and health are formed by authority’s
association and non-government organisation in the United Kingdom. The administration main
obligation is to take care of their worker, employers, visitors who come for taking services.
There is different work providers organisation which maintain various health and safety
priorities. An organisation needed to precede all policies guidance for suitable functioning.
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