Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace

This report focuses on the health and safety policies in the Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust and the impact of these policies on handling social care practices within the organization. It also discusses the dilemmas faced by care workers in implementing health and safety policies and the effect of non-compliance with health and safety legislation in a health and social care workplace.

Health and Safety in the Health
and Social Care Workplace

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
LO2..................................................................................................................................................1
2.1 Information from Risk Assessment about policies and procedures which controls the
bariatric patients..........................................................................................................................1
2.2 Impact of health and safety policy on handling the social care practices within
organisation.................................................................................................................................2
2.3 Dilemmas care workers that carry out the healthy and safety policies and procedures........3
2.4 Analyses the effect of non compliance with health and safety legislation in a health and
social care workplace..................................................................................................................3
LO3..................................................................................................................................................4
3.1 Monitoring and Review of the health and safety practices...................................................4
3.2 Evaluating the health and safety needs of the individual at the center of practices..............5
3.3 Evaluate own contributions to placing the health and safety needs of individuals at the
centre of practice.........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Health and safety is one of the greatest concern of the people in the society which can be
defined as regulations or procedures intended to prevent accident or injury at workplace. This
report will be based on the Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust and in recent years, The
employers and employees of this organization have to face many problems with the slips and
strips on wet hospital floor. So the study will going to focus on the health and safety policies in
organization. It will also help in developing a system to control the Slip/trip under the RIDDOR
(Reporting of injuries and disease and dangerous occurrence of regulations) at workplace. It will
also help in assessing the responsibilities for managing heath and safety within the trust. This
document will also helps in developing a health and safety priorities for services area in which
children are treated. This will also help in developing a policies and procedures that supports and
assists the Bariatric patients. It will also develop am understanding about the care worker carry
out the practices that governs in health and safety procedures.
LO1
Covered in Poster
LO2
2.1 Information from Risk Assessment about policies and procedures which controls the
bariatric patients
Risk Assessment can be termed as the way that helps to seeks the information in order to
identify the particular risk based on a weight, habit, disease, position, vulnerability etc which can
also be determined according to the age of the patient (Adler And et.al., 2016). Here is a Risk
assessment of thebariatric patients which can be described in tabular format:
Description Very likely(Could be
able to happen any
time)
Unlikely (rarely
happens)
Very unlikely
(probably will never
happen)
Permanent disability
of Ill health
1 2 3
Long term illness or a
serious injury
1 2 3
Medical attention 2 2 3
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First aid needed 3 3 5
In order to prepare the care planning for accessing the information regarding the decision
making of Bariatric patients. As the level of obesity is increasing among the large population of
UK and as a consequence the a greater number of obese patients with health conditions are
generally accessing the local health services.
Risk assessment will help in treating the bariatric patience with the electric bariatric
treatment couches which helps in lifting the heavy legs (Bibby, 2017). This assessment will helps
in providing the suitability of the environment, equipment and overall system that ensures the
needs of the patients needs with the safety requirements.
2.2 Impact of health and safety policy on handling the social care practices within organisation
Health and safety policy have great impact on the health and social care practices of the
patients. So in order to assess the health and social security of the bariatric patients, risk
assessment will be able to identify the specific risks in treating individual based on the age,
weight and habit of the patient. Assessment will helps in managing the risks which includes the
proper allotment of the staff members, provision of the appropriate equipment that helps in
proper treatment of the patients.
However the poor management record and improper design of the vehicles for patient
have greatly influenced the delays of the treatment of the customers. As the inaccessible
ambulances provided by the hospital in different areas may be the major reason behind the
severe disease of the patients. Whereas, proper work of the health care practitioners may leads to
the proper treatment facilities to the people and thus helps in curing the main disease of the
patients. On the other hand if the communication practices of the organization is well developed
then it may result in the ensuring the proper equipment and successful management of pain and
safety of the patient.
Impact of the Risk assessment policy paramount the proper treatment of bariatric
treatment as assessing the regular health of an individual (Blando, Ridenour, Hartley and
Casteel, 2015). This will helps in keep loosing the weight due to the obesity and vise versa on the
people who are loosing lot of weight and want to gain it. Regular improvement, will help the
employers in enriching the proper decisions regarding the quality of health and social care within
organization.
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2.3 Dilemmas care workers that carry out the healthy and safety policies and procedures
At the time of implementing the system and policies for health, safety and security within
an organization that helps in facing various uncertain situations and dilemmas. So in order to
establish various policies and procedures in respect with the improved heath and safety measures
of the hospital, staff member have to face various challenges in properly providing the treatment
to the customers. So such dilemmas which is being faced by the workers in order to deliver the
best quality of services to its patients are as follows:
Health and safety risks in supply chain
Organization generally follows the some system and safety policies that sin order to
ensure the safe working place. As all the equipment and medical facilities are reinforced by the
third party which may be result in the unsafe workplace and higher rate accidents involved in
properly treatment of the bariatric patients at workplace.
Maintaining high technology
This allows the workers to ensure the proper functionality and allows the efficient
treatment of the patient (Guay, Goncalves and Boyer, 2016). Though high system and policies
regarding the use of high technology equipment at workplace will helps in providing the proper
treatment facilities at workplace. T his results in the improved health care services of the people
which promotes better health care services to people.
Public negligence
Poor implementation of policies and procedures within the organization will also hinders
the workers of the hospital in a great dilemma. So in order to promote the proper safety and care
at workplace, performance of the hospital staff becomes a hindrance to their policy
implementation.
2.4 Analyses the effect of non compliance with health and safety legislation in a health and
social care workplace
As the health and social care consists of different types of Social care Act and regulations
in UK. So all the health and social care organizations need to obey such rules and regulations.
Implications of these rules and regulations will directly impact on the non-compliance of the
legislation such are as follows:
 Health and safety legislation mainly offers and shows various ways of adopting the
services in hospitals. So in order to prove the secure treatment, safety measures need to
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be properly followed. If the organization will be non -compliance to the rules and
regulations then, it may negatively influence the the organization.
 There is a need to appoint proper physician of health and safety care practices within
hospital (Hanson And et.al., 2015). However, in case if the professional competencies are
not properly followed and leads to the death of the patient during the treatment then it
may result in a huge punishment.
 According to the mental health Act of 1983, there is a proper deadline and definition so if
health care professionals will treat any other as a mental patient then they may be resulted
in sealing the license of the one.
LO3
3.1 Monitoring and Review of the health and safety practices
Review and measuring of the safety policies at workplace helps in the inspector and
other government executives to monitor the quality based services at providing proper health and
safety to public. So organizations have to continuously review the performance and health safety
by formulating proper policies and procedures at workplace (Health and safety at health care
services, 2017).
Measuring of Health and safety performance
It is the important way to identify the risks and threats realted to the health care and
safety of the human beings. Also this helps in reinforcing the proper procedures that will help in
improving such threats.
Active measures
this type of reviews helps in providing the feedback about performance even before any
incident occurs such as:
 accomplishment of specific plans and objectives.
 Proper operations of health and safety Management System.
 Inspection of various hazardous conditions health survival lance of the people and monitoring of the positive environment at
workplace.
reactive Measures
This helps in achieving the more effective measures that involved in reviewing the
practices and policies that includes the following practices:
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 Ill healthcare
 potential injuries to the employees at workplace.
 hazard report
 complaints property damage
Inspections
It involves the physical evidence of managing the health care and safety in organizations.
Generally it includes the physical condition of providing health care to people (Loeppke And
et.al., 2015). It may includes the higher risk items such as equipment and excavations etc.
3.2 Evaluating the health and safety needs of the individual at the center of practices
According to the enforcement of the Management of health and safety regulation act of
1999 at workplace, positive and safe working culture should be promoted in organizations.
Health and safety policies has lead to the major contribution towards the effectiveness of the
health and safety practices at workplace. So the effectiveness of these policies and practices can
be discussed below:
Design and construction of the project
successful design and construction of the appropriate strategies of the project may lead
towards the implementation of the healthy and safe culture within organization. Proper
reinforcement of the health and safety risk control helps in achieving the effective policies and
procedures of the organization.
Miscellaneous procedures
Proper reporting of the diseases, illness and hazardous accidents and proper treatment fo
the patient using high technology equipment may result in promoting the positive, healthy and
safe culture at workplace.
Safety Risk assessment
This assessment allows the proper implementation of the safety policies which ultimately
affects the health and social practices of the customers (Phillips, 2016). Risk assessment helps in
managing the contingency of the fund and also formulation of proper strategies at workplace.
fire and emergency precautions
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It is very important practice as it ensures the positive and safety environment at health
and safety security. Fire protective system will play an effective role as it promotes the positive
culture.
3.3 Evaluate own contributions to placing the health and safety needs of individuals at the centre
of practice
As the health and safety needs of the individuals includes various different kinds of
diseases so I have contributed a better part in identifying the non-smoking policies such as drugs
and alcohol ets. Being a supervisor of the health and social care practitioner at the Staffordshire
NHS Trust and Birmingham City, I have got an opportunity to supervise the house keeping
policies also. I also managed the written procedure in the field of providing the safety and
healthy environment by preventing the illness, injuries and hazardous conditions at workplace.
Also, I identified the risk in a written procedure by implementing the risk assessment
programs at workplace. I also contributed in promoting the employees to speak up regarding the
possible hazards and immediately proposed a change in order to correct the issues at workplace. I
also promoted various health and safety measures within organisation.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it can be concluded that healthcare and safety as a professional
practice which need to consider various different types of policies and procedures. This study
will enable the learners in developing a clear understanding about the importance of continually
monitoring the implementation of health and safety legislation within the organization. This has
created a clear conceptual discussions about the system and policies of the Winchestor and
Eastleigh NHS Trust which treats to the patience in an effective ways.
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