Analysis of Health and Safety Policies at Northfolk Nursing Home

This report provides a comprehensive overview of health and safety practices at Northfolk Nursing Home, focusing on the implementation of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the responsibilities of management and staff. It highlights the importance of maintaining a safe working environment, proper handling of dangerous substances, and providing specialized training. The report includes a risk assessment for a patient named Patrick, who suffers from dementia and osteoarthritis, detailing the challenges in managing his care and the necessary safety measures. It addresses behavior and healthcare advice, managing eating and nutrition needs, continence needs, and sleeping habits. The report emphasizes the need for tailored care plans to mitigate risks and enhance the well-being of both service providers and service users, referencing relevant journals to support its findings. The Care Quality Commission's role in setting standards is also underscored.

Health and safety at
workplace
TASK 1

Introduction
 Northfolk Nursing Home is a care centre where efficient
health and social care services are provided to people with
different requirements.
 Care Quality Commission is the governing body that
devises and formulates rules and regulations for health
and social care organisations to follow.

1.1 Review of systems, policies and procedure
 The policy implemented by Care Quality Commission in
Northfolk Nursing Home is Health and Safety at Work Act
1974.
The basic requirements of this legislation include:
 Working environment and main plant should be secure in
operation.

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 Usage and storage of dangerous substances should be
secure and well handled.
 Specialised training must be provided to staff members
for ensuring health and safety.
 Proper facilitation of service users in terms of welfare
provided by staff members at workplace.

1.2 Responsibilities for management
 Prime duty of service givers include proper compliance to
safety rules and regulations.
 Workers are bound to perform ethical practises in the
organisation.
 Manager has to supervise and monitor entire working
structure with proper scheduling of daily operations.

 Owner/ Organisation head
 Senior Manager
 Manager
 Assistant manager
 Department supervisor(s)
 Senior workers
 Care workers, Hygiene staff, Ground operations staff
 Trainees, new recruits, interns
Organisation setting

1.3 Health and safety priorities
Northfolk Nursing Care Home can have following health and
safety priorities:
 Better control over health and hygiene of service providers
and takers.
 Efficient options for enhancing mobility of individuals inside
and outside the nursing centre.

Risk Assessment for Patrick

2.1 Information from risk assessments
Risk assessment
Risk assessment is the systematic process which evaluates
the potential risk which involved in activities that are
undertaking. It is the term which describes the overall
process and method to identify risk and hazards from the
workplace. Hence, analysis and evaluation the risk
associated with hazard. Beside this, it also creates
careful examination of risk to attain results.

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Care planning
Care plan is a means of communicating and organizing the action
of constantly changing nursing staff. According to patients
needs, employee services are attended to system in which they
provide care to people. Further, the plan is passed to nursing
staff which can change shift during different round. Care plans
helps teach documentation which are requires for delivering
effective information at workplace.

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Controlling of risk: It is very important to handle situation
through assess controlling risk element. In this aspect, care
taker of Patrick need to ascertain risk element from workplace.
Response to manage risk: To get response towards the health and
care issues, it is essential to develop effective results through
response towards risk element. Hence, risk can be eliminate
easily to get results at workplace. In this aspect, it is essential
to create plan to take care for Patrick.

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Patrick is suffers from dementia so that risk is very high because
policies could be managed on the basis of controlling activity
and procedure. In this aspect, he is unable to move themselves
anywhere. As results, every time care taker are requires
developing solutions and outcomes within the environment.
High risk assessment take place in this situation so that
managing and controlling is requires to procedures which can
be support to determines findings at workplace. Hence, we had
planned to develop solutions for managing there results
through ascertain risk at workplace.