Health and Safety Legislation
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Health and safety legislation is implemented in health an social care workplaceThere is saying “Health is Wealth”. This is an important concern for every human. The organisation whoprovides the healthy workplace to employees, becomes wealthiest organisation. The employer should beconcern person for employees health at workplace. An employer must provide a healthy workingenvironments to its employees so they can work freely and can contribute towards success of company. Asthere are different types of rules and regulation related to safety and health for social and health care atworkplace. These are as follows:There are various laws which support the health and safety in health and social care workplace. These lawsare discusses below: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: This is an act of UK parliament which discussfundamental structure and control for the assistance, laws and social control of workplace health, safety andsocial welfare within UK. The objectives this act is to preparing and protecting people from risk which arisesat workplace.Duties of employers: Provisions and maintenance of plant and machineries which are risk free to employee’shealth. Provisions of information, instruction, training and direction is compulsory to ensure health and safetyof employees at workplace. As in this given case it is the duty of CQC to give training so the management ofAldgate Residential so they can keep clean the area where they are living.The Health and Safety Regulations Act 1981: According to this act it is employer’s responsibility to givethe safe and adequate resources to their employees and employer must ensure that employees gets instantmedical facility if they gets injured while at work.Food Safety Act 1990, Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995, and food Safety(Temperature Control) Regulations 1995This act includes the food services, procurement and need of registration of that business whether itsprofitable or non-profitable. All types of canteens, clubs and care home businesses are included in thiscategory. The local authorities of UK are responsible for the implementation of these laws. The UK health department follows a model regarding the implementation of health and safety policy whichis given as under:This is the duty of Department of Health to formulate policy for giving policy to give proper health and socialrelated services in different location of country.The government institutions and non-governments institutions of UK both obliged to plan the Health andsafety of people at workplace. Under this system, the delegation of duties are delegated from local authoritiesto department of health. As this also involve one who takes services and one who provides the services,controlling system, NHS commissioning board and local and public health. Management also plays animportant role in health and safety of people at workplace. It includes followings:Organized use of tools and techniques: This is very necessary to use tools in systematic way for distinguishingand removing the health related hazards at the workplace.Managing the danger: As to effect the attitude and promote behaviour during tools using potential risk mustbe controlled.The duties of management can be identified at workplace by assessing a person who is physically challenged.For example: A physically disabled individua Under this reference, the plan includes to take a disable individual to the cafe for dinner as due to disability,person would not be able to go alone. The individual disable desired to eat pizza for dinner on regular basis.The colleagues of an individual thinks that eating pizza regularly could be unhealthy. So here health andsafety service providers can make individual capable to take decision which are good for their health. In thiscontext support worker must convey their message in supportive way so the individual does not feel guilty orbullied. It is the responsibility of management and organisation to concern about the health of an individual.There are some duties of employers according to Health and Safety Act 1974 at work. As it is an employer'sresponsibility to protect the health, safety and welfare of the employees. An employer must take everyreasonable action to take care of employees health and safety. The employees have also their duty to protecttheir own health and safety at workplace. The workers of organisation co-operate with the management andco-workers to meet the legal requirements related to work.Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Workplace
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