Implementing Health and Safety Legislation in a Social Care Setting

This report delves into the implementation of health and safety legislation within a health and social care workplace, specifically focusing on Aldgate East Care Home. It reviews procedures for communicating health and safety information, assesses responsibilities for managing health and safety within organizational structures, and analyzes health and safety priorities. The report also examines how risk assessments inform care planning and organizational decision-making, the impact of health and safety policies on practice, and dilemmas encountered in implementing these systems. Furthermore, it analyzes the effects of non-compliance with health and safety legislation, explains the monitoring and review processes for health and safety policies, and evaluates their effectiveness in promoting a positive safety culture. The report concludes with a reflection on individual contributions to prioritizing the health and safety needs of individuals in practice, considering compliance, training, and interactions with various stakeholders.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
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Table of Contents
Introduction-................................................................................................................................. 2
Task 1A: Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social
care workplace............................................................................................................................ 4
Use your own workplace experience to support your answers. According to the case scenario,
review how you will develop procedures for communicating health and safety information [P
1.1,D1}......................................................................................................................................... 4
Q2 Using a brochure format, in this section assesses the responsibilities in a specific health and
social care workplace for the management of health and safety in relation to organisational
structures. [P1.2].......................................................................................................................... 7
Q3: Analyze healthy and safety priorities appropriate for a specific health and social care
workplace [P1.3].......................................................................................................................... 9
Task- 2....................................................................................................................................... 11
Introduction:............................................................................................................................... 11
2.1Analyze how information from risk assessments informs care planning for individuals and
organisational decisions making about policies and procedures................................................11
2.2 analyze the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care
practice and its customers.........................................................................................................12
2.3 Discuss how dilemmas encountered in relation to implementing systems and policies for
health, safety and security may be addressed...........................................................................12
2.4 Analyze the effect of non-compliance with health and safety legislation in a health and safety
workplace.................................................................................................................................. 13
Task 3: LO3 Understand the monitoring and review of health and safety in the health and social
care workplace........................................................................................................................... 14
Q8 In this section you should explain how health and safety policies and practices are
monitored and reviewed in your own workplace. [P3.1].............................................................14
Q9 you should analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies and practices in your
health and social care workplace in promoting a positive health and safe culture. [P3.2, D2]....17
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Key Components of Safety culture.............................................................................................17
Q10 Finally, you should evaluate your own contributions to placing the health and safety needs
of individuals at the centre of your practice. Consider the issues of compliance; training;
practices; and interactions with individuals, groups and agencies. In this section you may want
to use Gibbs reflective cycle in reflecting on your own performance in helping to meet the health
and safety needs of the service users. [P3.3, D3]......................................................................18
Reference.................................................................................................................................. 22
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Introduction
The main aim of this study is to look into the health and social care industry and mainly know
the basic techniques of how it should work smoothly. We have taken the Aldgate East Care
Home . the basic things one needs to know is the assessment of the risks and how to handle it.
The rules ,regulations and policies are mainly studied and newer policies have been made. It
has also been studied the rules made by the government regulatory boards and how it can be
included in the policies of the health and social care organization. The various acts and rules
are clearly stated and the role of the management is to see that all the member of this
organization abide by the same.
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Task 1A: Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and
social care workplace.
Use your own workplace experience to support your answers. According to the case
scenario, review how you will develop procedures for communicating health and safety
information [P 1.1,D1}
In health and care services, it is thought that communication is necessary to carry out the task in
a proper way. In any industry communication skills is utterly important to build up any relation. It
is utterly important in the health and social care industry (Moss,2017). The employer should
provide basic information to the employees on the basis of:
 Potential risks in the industry
 Preventive and protective measures for those risks
 Emergency strategies
 Those who are important in the organisation
 Safety management
According to the relevant legislation regulations made on 1981, the employer should inform all
those information the employees, which are related to the safety issues of a patient as well as
the employee should know about the well equipment of the management (Glasby,2017). The
basic amenities should be present in the health care workplace for the first aid issues. The other
regulations which are present as the codes of practice are as follow:
 Health and Safety at work act (1974)
 Manual handling operations regulations (1992)
 Managements of Health and safety at work regulations (1992)
 Provision of Workplace Equipment Regulations
 Personal Protective Equipment Regulations
 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations (1981)
It is the duty of the employer to inform the employees with all those necessary equipments to
make the employee carry out the job properly. A strong communication skill of the employer is
needed, because unless the employer tells about the necessary architecture of the workplace it
is difficult for the employees to know about it (Manners,2017).
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In Aldgate East Care Home, during the induction the employer should provide the employee a
hard copy of the organization’s policy as well as the health and safety systems. The
organization does not follow the rules and regulation for the safety measures. So if the
employee is being asked to know about the fire exit, or the first aid kit, they do not have proper
idea (Burke et al., 2018). This shows a communication gap; because this is the basic
information is missing from the regulation book. This also shows the apathetic attitude of the
organization towards the patients. Time management also plays an important role from the
employee’s end to carry his job.
Being in health and care service it is always necessary think about the patient’s safety at first
and it is employer’s duty to explain those safety measures to the employee. The employee of
Aldgate East Care Home is completely unaware of the necessary measures to be taken which
will lead to the complete failure in the care giving and rescuing the patients if any emergency
occurs. The safety measures and the road map of the organization should be provided to the
employee then only it will help to rescue the patients during emergency hours. The opinion of an
employee is also necessary to listen at. For overcoming these flaws in the organization the
communicative methods that the organization can think of are:
 Intranet Bulletin Board
 Email
 Notice Boards
 Existing Staff newsletters
 Leaflets
 Individual memos or letters
 Proper induction training with all the information given to the new recruitment
 Formal training
 Face to face communication
 Posters
The employee should have proper knowledge about the safety measures and dedicated to his
work (Abdool, 2017). Through strong communication with employer this hazardous problems
can be solved by providing necessary solutions.
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Q2 Using a brochure format, in this section assesses the responsibilities in a specific
health and social care workplace for the management of health and safety in relation to
organisational structures. [P1.2]
The stakeholders of an organization are those who are directly or indirectly affected by any
steps of the organization. According to the regulations followed by the health care industry it is
the primary duty of the employers to protect all the stakeholders. Employers should take
reasonable measures to achieve the complete security of the stakeholders (Bibby, 2017). It is
employer’s duties to assess all risks and take safety measure required. Unless it is addressed
properly it can bring harm not to the workplace as well as those patients who take care from the
care home. There should always be a direct communication between the employee and the
employers on health and safety issues. This kind of consultation can be carried out either
directly or through a safety representative elected by the workplace. Employers have to follow
legal duty under the Health and Safety Information for Employees Regulations to explain each
worker about the approved Health and safety law in the form of poster (McCleary et al., 2017).
The employees are the bridge of communication between the employers and the employees, so
they have to coordinate properly with both ends to meet the legal requirements. If the
employees have specific issues regarding any health and safety in the workplace, he should
coordinate with the employers directly.
In Aldgate East Care Home, there is a failure in explaining the safety regulation measures taken
by the organization to the employees. The 90 year old male resident died from the injuries
happened due to the fall from a hoist. It has been investigated that this death could have easily
overcome if appropriate staff training was in place. Care Quality commission suggested that the
sling is mandatory for the rescue purpose of the patients in serious medical conditions but sling
alone can’t diminish such risks. The care home should analyze all their possible risk, and take
proper measures which are reasonably practicable.
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
 Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations (1981)
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In health and care services, it is thought that
communication is necessary to carry out the
task in a proper way. In any industry
communication skills is utterly important to
build up any relation. It is utterly important in
the health and social care industry.
 Potential risks in the industry Preventive and protective measures for
those risks Emergency strategies Those who are important in the
organisation Safety management
It is the duty of the employer to inform the
employees with all those necessary
equipments to make the employee carry out the
job properly. A strong communication skill of
the employer is needed, because unless the
employer tells about the necessary architecture
of the workplace it is difficult for the employees
to know about it
Personal Protective Equipment Regulations
 Health and Safety at work act
(1974)
 Manual handling operations
regulations (1992)
 Managements of Health and safety
at work regulations (1992)
 Provision of Workplace Equipment
Regulations
 Personal Protective Equipment
Regulations
 Health and Safety (First Aid)
Regulations (1981)

Q3: Analyze healthy and safety priorities appropriate for a specific health and social care
workplace [P1.3]
In health and social care industry each service provider of the care home should follow certain
priorities. These safety measures are to be taken to provide the specific service to the patients.
The necessary steps that can be taken are:
 Initially it is necessary to get proper details of the disable person’s disease
 To study the cause of such disease
 The treatment can be done once the proper diagnosis has been made
 Provide help after understanding the social context
 To understand properly the metal state of the patient
 With a proper mean of communication the improvement of the patient can be reached
The care giver should study properly the condition of the patient as well as his mental health.
After understanding the condition, then only he can take proper measures to help him/her out.
The ways which have been followed by the care home to provide the best services to the
patients are as follow:
 Manual Handling
 Risk Assessment
 RIDDOR
 COSHH
In Aldgate East Care Home, 97 year old female resident Mary can be cured by taking proper
measures. It is observed that she neglects her hygiene, and refuses to take any help from the
care giver for the washing purpose. She considers it as someone is intruding in her privacy. It
results in developing a serious swelling and rashes on the inner thighs. The care giver has gone
through an ethical dilemma whether he/she should force her to wash (Rogers et al., 2017). If a
proper case detail has been given to the care taker before introducing to the patient, it would
have been better to take proper measures. Mary is physically as well as verbally abusive to the
staff while the care giver tries to help her out. This shows the ineffectiveness from Care Home’s
end that they do not know properly about the patient’s disease as well as the mental instability.
Due to this communication gap, it is not possible for the care giver to provide the patient with the
best service. According to Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, it is mentioned clearly that the
employer should give the vivid details about the patients and its conditions, if the information is
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provided in bits and pieces it is not possible for the care giver to work properly and which
ensures the failure of the task.
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Healthy and Safety Priorities
for a specific healthy and
social care in workplace
In health and social care industry each service provider of the
care home should follow certain priorities. These safety
measures are to be taken to provide the specific service to the
patients.
The necessary steps that can be taken are:
 Initially it is necessary to get a proper
details of the disable person’s disease
 To study the cause of such disease
 The treatment can be done once the
proper diagnosis has been made
 Provide help after understanding the social
context
 To understand properly the metal state of
the patient
 With a proper mean of communication the
improvement of the patient can be
reached
The ways which have been followed by the
care home to provide the best services to the
patients are as follow:
 Manual Handling
 Risk Assessment
 RIDDOR
 COSHH
According to Health and Safety at Work Act
1974, it is mentioned clearly that the
employer should give the vivid details about
the patients and its conditions, if the
information is provided in bits and pieces it is
not possible for the care giver to work
properly and which ensures the failure of the
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Task- 2
Introduction:
In any health and social care business, there has to be proper planning of the policies regarding
health care. These safety requirement policies need to cater to the customers and help in the
work of the healthcare practitioners. For this to work properly firstly HSC centres have to plan
the care giving techniques and then research into the risks that may come along with this
techniques and how to avoid them.
2.1Analyze how information from risk assessments informs care planning for individuals
and organisational decisions making about policies and procedures
In a health and social care business, the organization has to go through proper planning of
techniques of care giving and risk assessment of the techniques and then framing policies
keeping the procedures in mind and the risks related to it. Aldgate East Care Home, has been
into the business for quite some time and it has been observed that there two boarders have
suffered massive hazards(Chipps and Jarvis,2017). To prevent these types of risk one has to
plan keeping in mind a model. The centre has assessed the risks. It took into account the
general risks that are evident in elder care home(Elis et al.,2015)
After the hazards have been identified, all employees must assess the risk management. The
assessment, takes into consideration the hazards, who might be harmed, the policies of the
care centre, what else should be done and the date time and person who will be taking actions.
Asking all the employees about the possible hazards and the ways to prevent it ,is a better step
of identifying risk.
Finding out why despite the identification of ways of risk management, the causes of the
hazard.
The reasons for the hazards should be emphasized and the loopholes. According to which new
policies and regulations should be made.
The whole strategy should take the whole employees and the boarders into account. Not only
this, it should also take into account the families of the concerned persons.
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Apart from this the centre also takes into account that all the safety equipments like fire
extinguishers , first aid box and database of hospitals and ambulances are kept and should be
renewed from time to time. After assessing all these, the centre should frame the policies and
techniques in benefit of all the members of the centre(Bret et al.2016,)
2.2 analyze the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and social care
practice and its customers
In a health and social care centre it is mandatory for the management and the employees, to
stick to the safety policies formulated by the government as well the centres own formulated
ones. Here the COSHH policy is taken into account. In this policy the centre should find out the
possible health hazards, decide the way of prevention, providing measures of controlling harm,
good working order, training, monitoring and assessment of health surveillance. With
implementation of the COSHH policies, health and social care can avoid varied hazards and
accidents, for its employees, customers and also the visitors and family members
accompanying the customers. Hazards caused to the customers may include in this very case
the elderly people who are weak and more prone to accidents. Care centres working under
COSHH policies take this in their policymaking. However, poor implementation may lead to legal
complexities in case the member of the centre dies due to a fall hazard. This may result in loss
of market popularity and thereby loss in business. Greater cost to the company will inculcate if
the family members demand a lump sum amount of money as a replacement of the loss. If the
COSHH assessments are made regularly and rules are maintained, it will lead to better
business and greater profits of the centre. The workplace conditions will also improve and it
makes working environment safe and free of hazards.(Pearson et al.,2017)
2.3 Discuss how dilemmas encountered in relation to implementing systems and policies
for health, safety and security may be addressed
In the industry of the health and social care organizations,the employees of the care centre
often face dilemmas in practicing the rules and regulations. For example if the care giver of the
90 yr old who died from the fall, is asked by the family members, about the care he provided
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