Report on Wellington Hospital
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Health and Safety inHealth and Social Care
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3TASK 1A............................................................................................................................41.1 Review systems, policies and procedures for communicating information.............41.2 Responsibilities of different stakeholders................................................................5TASK 1B............................................................................................................................61.3 Analysing health and safety priorities appropriate for a specific health and socialcare workplace...............................................................................................................6TASK 2...............................................................................................................................72.1 Information from Risk assessment .........................................................................72.2 Impact and significance of health and safety..........................................................92.3 How dilemmas are encountered in relation to implementing system and policiesfor health......................................................................................................................102.4 The effect of non-compliance with health and safety legislation...........................10TASK 3.............................................................................................................................113.1 How health and safety policies and practices are monitored and reviewed........113.2 Effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in the workplace.........123.3 Contribution to placing the health and safety needs of individuals at the centre ofpractices......................................................................................................................13CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................14REFERENCES................................................................................................................15
INTRODUCTIONIn the modern era, people are depended upon some care services in their life toremain fit and free from any from any diseases or any illness. Health and social careincludes hospitals, child day care, nursing homes etc. This sector is the largest sectorwhere around 1.7 million employees are working in National Health Service (Arcury,Estrada and Quandt, 2010). In this employers are belongs from the private companiesor from local authorities. The present report is on the Wellington Hospital who providesvarious services to the customers. This hospital is giving training course by ExecutiveHealthy and Safety (EHS). Further, health and safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 hasbeen explained. Along with this, the responsibilities of different stakeholders have beendescribed. The key principles of care planning and risk assessment are represented inthe hospital. In last, some health and safety policies which are related with workplaceare discussed. Gibbs reflective cycle is described which help the employees forperforming their task properly.TASK 1A1.1 Review systems, policies and procedures for communicating informationThe health and safety (First-Aid) regulation 1981, in this act it requires that theemployers to provide appropriate facilities and equipments to ensure that employeeshas receive attention if they are suffering from any diseases (Baggett and et. al., 2010).At the work place, this regulation has been applied in even those places whereemployees are less than five. These policies and system should be applied properly atthe work place so that effective communication can be carried out easily. The regulationwhich are related with the first-aid provisions should be associated with the legal duty.Wellington hospital should provide recommends that is there are non -employees whoate not working in care home then the provision of first-aid needs are also made forthem. The employers have to make strong relation with the employees so that they caneasily communicate their problems related with the injury, illness or diseases. The regulation of health and safety (first-aid) has to ensure that at the work placethe proper equipments are used in the circumstances, so that they can provide first aidto employees (Basch, 2011). In Wellington hospital, the location of equipments must be
used in a proper manner so that it will not cause any obstacles for employees. Theemployers have to provide proper information to employees regarding the first aid.Those workers who are new in the organisation the proper training training should beprovided in respect of information which are related with the health and social care rulesand regulations (Berwick and Finkelstein, 2010). At the workplace, the assessmentregarding hazards and risks are established at the appropriate level in of the provisionsof first-aid. Those activities which are done at home are involve low risk and thereforethese person require less first-aid provision equipments. But at the workplace, the first-aid equipments should be provided in a better way. This regulation requires that theperson, they have to control to provide the suitable medical and first-aid facilities whichshould be given by trained employees. This Act provides basic guidance to manage the provision of first-aid, make theemployees aware about the first-aid arrangement. There are many methods oncommunication which can be applied by the employers such as intranet bulletin board,emails, formal training, face-to-face communication etc. 1.2 Responsibilities of different stakeholdersIn Wellington hospital, there are different stakeholders such as employer,employees, visitors, customers, and partners (Bradley and et. al., 2011). Theresponsibilities of these stakeholders are specified in legislation and help theorganisation in promoting effective health and safety practices at the workplace. The responsibilities of different stakeholders are described as below.Employers – Under the health and safety at work act 1974, the firstresponsibility of the employer is to provide safety and healthy environment toemployees at the work place. In Wellington hospital, the employers responsibilities alsoinclude safe equipment, plant and machinery should be used to carry out the riskassessment which are made in the regulations and take the necessary steps toeliminate these risk (Braveman, Egerter and Williams, 2011). these informationregarding the potential hazards which are associated with work place should be givenproperly to workers and provide adequate facilities to staff for their welfares at theworkplace.
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