Health Safety and Wellbeing in Health and Social Care Settings

Health Safety and Wellbeing in
Health and Social Care Settings

Table of Contents
LO1
1.1 Legislation related with health and safety
1.2 Health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer
1.3 Health and safety responsibilities of employer, self and other at work
1.4 Tasks which should not be carried out without training
1.5 Principles for safe moving and handling
1.6 Safe practices for handling hazardous substances
LO2
2.1 Principles of chain of infection
2.2 Impact of breaking chain of infection
2.3 Own role in reducing the spread of infection
2.4 Recommended method for handwashing
2.5 Explaining how it can be ensured infection can be spread
LO3
3.1 Defining the following types of abuses
3.2 Actions to take when an individual is being abused
3.3 Factors that contributes towards an individual being more vulnerable to abuse
3.4 Roles of different agencies in the safeguarding and protecting individuals from the abuse
REFERENCES

LO1
1.1 Legislation related with health and safety
Health & Safety at Work etc Act, 1974-
This legislation focuses on the occupational health and wellbeing of the staff members in
health and social care organizations of Great Britain.
The main purpose of this legislation is to promote better standards of safety and healthy
practices at the workplace.
Handling Operations Regulations, 1992
This legislation is helpful for the organization to establish a set of measures which can be
beneficial for reducing different challenges of manual handling.
This law is crucial for health and social care organizations to avoid the practices of
hazardous manual handling which can leads towards risk of injuries and accidents.

1.2 Health and safety policies and procedures
agreed with the employer
It is necessary for any employer to agree health and safety policies with their staff
members in writing and provide accessibility to them properly.
It explains the different details which needs to be followed by the healthcare workers to
comply with the law.
The duties and responsibilities of the employees which are related with these aspects are
important for their responsibilities towards the environment.