Health and Safety Report: Risk Assessment and Care Plans in Healthcare

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of health and safety practices within a healthcare setting, specifically referencing the North Staffordshire Trust. It begins by outlining essential communication methods, including verbal, written, and graphic communication, alongside various training approaches in health and safety. The report then delves into the responsibilities of different stakeholders, such as directors, employers, employees, and visitors, within the healthcare environment. A significant portion of the report is dedicated to risk assessment, defining its meaning, identifying different types of risks, and explaining the five steps of the risk assessment process. It also explores how information from risk assessments informs the development of care plans, using the case study of Alice Belle to provide context and recommendations. The report also identifies and analyses key priorities such as manual handling, COSHH, RIDDOR, first aid, and fire safety, evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of these priorities within the context of the North Staffordshire Trust. The report concludes with recommendations aimed at improving health and safety protocols and practices within the healthcare setting.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 1.1 can you please mentions about the training and others method can done. I
would like you to talk about the Communication method in H & S which are Verbal
communication, written communication and Graphic communication. ........................................3
1.1................................................................................................................................................3
1.2 .............................................................................................................................4
1.3................................................................................................................................................6
TASK 2 2.1 Analyse how information from Risk assessment informs Care Plan Define risk
assessment and give reference , Identify types of risks , Identify the five steps of risk
assessment and explain briefly. Explain how information from risk assessment is used to develop
the care plan. Give examples, Relate to the case study of Alice Belle. Give suggestions or
recommendation or conclusion........................................................................................................7
2.1................................................................................................................................................7
2.2................................................................................................................................................8
2.3................................................................................................................................................9
2.4..............................................................................................................................................10
TASK 3 ...............................................................................................................................11
3.1..............................................................................................................................................11
3.2..............................................................................................................................................12
3.3..............................................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Every individual prefers to work in a flourishing environment which is free from all sort
of disease, harm and danger. Health and Safety is an integral part of human resource
management and development of an organization. The current research report is conducted in
similar context of North Staffordshire trust which provides medical assistance to the service
users. It aims to introduce new policies and laws in the health care premises which complies by
the legal and legislation laws of the country. Main purpose of the current study is to enlighten the
readers with varied laws and regulations that are necessary to be adopted by the firm (Carayon,
2016). The research present several policies, systems and procedures that the North Staffordshire
trust is trying to implement in order to prevent accidents and injuries. It also illustrates
responsibilities of the varied care and general practitioners, nurses, doctors and director of the
hospital. It also covers varied aspects of risk assessment and impact of manual handling on the
service users as well as providers of services. In the end, an analysis is being made on the health
and safety policies adopted at South Birmingham Primary Care Trust.
TASK 1 1.1 can you please mentions about the training and others
method can done. I would like you to talk about the Communication
method in H & S which are Verbal communication, written
communication and Graphic communication.
1.1
Health and Safety at workplace is an essential subject which provides an understanding
of how to maintain and provide a safe environment to all the internal as well as external
stakeholders of the organization. The present research revolves around the health and safety at
North Staffordshire trust. The hospital is unable to maintain and comply by the legislation of the
said country (Drummond and et.al., 2015). Therefore, it has currently reported several accidents,
injuries, dangerous disease. In order to prevent the enlisted loopholes, the director of the said
health facility communicates varied new policies and procedures to its care practitioners which
includes nurses, doctors, physiotherapist, etc. Some of the systems incorporated by the firm have
been enlisted hereunder:
 All the basic policies regarding health and Safety act shall be demonstrated to all the
service users in the meeting and at times of induction (Excellence, 2013).

 A committee board is also been setup so as to assure that all the working equipments at
the trust are in align with the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulation Act
1992. Moreover, they are entitled to undertake several activities and decisions to protect
the interest of its service users.
 Instructions are being printed and pasted at different corners of the hospital so as to
enlighten the general practitioners and patients about the relative danger at current place
or to maintain silence where necessary such as beside the ICU sectors. This will assist the
company in maintaining and complying by the laws of Control Noise at Work Regulation
Act 2005 (Grol and et.al., 2013). The directors also aims to introduce and comply by The Factories Act 1961 which
advises to make precautionary actions to promote safety at the hospital (Magill and et.al.,
2014). In addition to it lift operations and lifting equipments is also successfully
introduced in the building. This can be easily communicated by printing instructions in
the lifts or by appointing a lift operator so as to ensure that it is used properly by the
people.
Communication method in H & S- Essential information regarding the health and safety is
communicated via the means of direct mail, newsletters and notice boards. Agenda meetings can
also be held to communicate the policies.
Training methods in H& S- The line managers of the firm are responsible for the delivery of
necessary training programmes such as use of fire equipments and essential tools at workplace. It
can also provide emergency exists, fire alarms and extinguishers at various corners of the
medical industry.
1.2
Responsibilities are a set of duties and roles that are need to be performed by each
individual at the health care setting so as to accomplish their obligations. Every person in the
medical industry is responsible to undertake the reasonable care and safety precautions so as to
protect the interest of the service users of health care facility. These roles and responsibilities
need to be effectively communicated and to all the respective persons. The organizational
structure of current health and social care centre has been demonstrated hereunder along with
their relative duties to demonstrate the instructions to patients and care practitioners:

Director: This is the head of the health and social care industry whose major responsibility is to
undertake major decisions in context with the health issues at medical premises have been enum
1.2 Assess the responsibilities……………….., Define responsibilities(ref……..) you need
to write about RESPONSIBILITIES of the following: HSE….., EMPLOYERS………,
Employees……., Others like Visitors, suppliers……., Director in the case study………., Relate
to the case study…of North Staffordshire……………………………, Give your own
suggestion/conclusion/opinion
 Responsible to formulate varied strategies regarding the welfare of the community and
the service users (Purnell, 2012). To comply by the latest legislation of the United Kingdom and implement the same in the
premises of hospital..
Chief Executives: They are person responsible to implement the new policies and procedures in
the hospital.
 They review the policies and plans laid by the board of director and try to implement the
same. Appropriate resources are been catered, so that the health and safety plan can be
undertaken in North Staffordshire Trust without any intervention (Moorhead, 2013).
Employers: These include the general and care practitioners of the North Staffordshire trust.
 The line managers need to ensure the health and safety practices are undertaken
effectively by each employees.
 They are responsible to review and monitor the activities of the sites that are under
construction as well as hazards that are associated with different areas of hospital. Another imperative responsibility of the general and care practitioners is to inform the
chief executives about the relative dangers and risk associated with the building and also
insure the equipments are in appropriate working condition (Alden and et.al., 2013).
Doctors: They conduct several duties of handling and assisting patients and are the backbone of
the hospital industry.
 Ensure that the patients are provided with clean and safe environment. Responsible to maintain the reasonable care while treating the service users. For instance,
new injections, needles and syringes shall be used to treat a new patient as well as ensure
they are cleaned properly.

Employees: Works under the doctors and handles the patients and cure them by the instructions
provided by senior physicians.
 They must be attentive enough in curing the patient which will assist in controlling the
disease from spreading (Zimlichman and et.al., 2013). Must ensure that living area for the service users are kept clean and clear as well as
responsible to change the sheets on regular basis.
Visitors/Suppliers: These are the people that visit the hospital and includes the patients,
investors, suppliers of medicines, etc. Duties of each are:
 Responsible to provide ethical and fare medicines rather than serving for the purpose of
their own benefit.
 Visitors are responsible to keep the keep the compound of the healthcare clean and tidy
as well as maintain the decorum at the hospital.
1.3 Analyse the priorities………………, define priorities. You have to identify the priorities that
include: manual handling, COSHH, RIDDOR, First Aid, Fire safety and then ANALYSE
about the advantages and disadvantages of: RIDDOR……….., Manual Handling Use the
case study of North Staffordshire……………….. Give examples……….. Your opinion or
recommendation/CONCLUSION
1.3
Health and safety are the basic requirements of every individual and each organization
must makes effort to maintain the same. The current scenario presents the condition of North
Staffordshire trust which require several strategies and remedies to overcome the health and
safety issues they are currently facing. The surgeons and other ward members must ensure that
all the requirements of the patient regarding health and safety is being met by them. For this
purpose, some of the priorities that are essential to maintain in regards with the health and safety
conditions at workplace includes:
The staff members of the heath care setting needs to ensure that every thing is kept clean
and neat in the living area of children's. They shall ensure that the waste are disposed off in
proper manner and time so as to control spreading of disease (Chassin and Loeb, 2013).
Furthermore, kids have the habit of disposing of the banana peel and other food beverages on the
floor and varied other areas where they are kept as patients. The cleaning staff shall timely clean

those orbit which is dirty. This will also assist in preventing accidents at the health care setting as
it might took place when someone might step on the banana peel and may fall.
The Major advantages of the method used by the HSE that is RIDDOR includes that the
risk are assessed before hand as well as the aids in preventing them by reporting them
periodically. However, the loophole that is assessed with it is that the accidents are recorded
after their occurrence which cause a decreased image of the healthcare. Likewise, other priorities
in the said sector with context with the north Staffordshire includes procuring for health and
safety, fire insurance, etc.
In addition to the above, the nurses and other care takers must ensure that proper
medicines and appropriate attention is provided to the service users so that the they can be
successful in delivering quality services to them. Furthermore, it can be said that proper training
shall be provided to all the workers of the healthcare so as that in case of any circumstances they
can save the lives of patients by undertaking he prescribed steps. Moreover, the management of
the trust shall start making the use of latest technologies and measures so as to maintain the
health and safety at workplace (Lundgren and McMakin, 2013). This is all wrong
TASK 2 2.1 Analyse how information from Risk assessment informs Care
Plan Define risk assessment and give reference , Identify types of
risks , Identify the five steps of risk assessment and explain briefly.
Explain how information from risk assessment is used to develop the care
plan. Give examples, Relate to the case study of Alice Belle. Give
suggestions or recommendation or conclusion
2.1
Risk Assessment Meaning: Risk assessment is the process of analysing the peril that is likely to
occur in the near future, determining who shall be harmed from it and them formulating
alternation actions and plans so as to minimise the same. It is an imperative process which assist
in deliberately reducing the amount of risk as well as maintaining health and safety conditions at
the organizational setting.
Types of Risk: There are several kinds of hazard that is likely to occur at healthcare premises.
These can be in form of slipping and tripping of patients, improper uses of equipments,

carelessness on parts of workers etc. In addition to this, it can lead to exposing the service users
to grave harm. It shall be ensured that proper tools and methods are used to handle the clients
which shall protect them from specific hazards (Aiken and et.al., 2012).
If proper risk assessment is being made by the health care professionals and executives
then it can assist in minimising the accidents and hazards from the premises. The information
that is gathered and collected from the risk assessment procedure will assist the doctors and other
planners to reduce the same by effectively planning things in accordance to the situation. These
data's critically impact the decisions that are made at higher level management. All the risk
assessment informations provide an idea and acts as a guideline which assist in further planning
by the management. For instance, if the patients require intense attention from its care taker, then
the management must plan to increase the working hours of the health and social care workers.
Further, policies and plans shall be laid to manage the working hours of the organization
(Toussaint and Berry, 2013).
Risk Assessment Process:
The risk assessment process includes five steps wherein, the risk is being analysed first.
Then it is being assessed the people who are likely to be get harmed from it. These information is
then passed to the care practitioners wherein they take necessary actions to minimise the same.
Finally, the actions that are taken is implemented and in the end it is controlled and evaluated.
Citing example from the current case scenario, if higher authorities of the South
Birmingham Primary care must have conducted a risk assessment procedure and could have
undertaken particular actions to minimise the same. Then the life of a 90 year old, Alice Belle
vulnerable could not have caused him to death. Therefore, risk assessment plans could have
given a clear overview to the management or the care practitioners to use the appropriate sling as
per the age, height and weight of the patient. 2.2 Analyse the Impact of Manual handling on
the customers and work of practitioners. Here you need to define Manual handling and
reference. Explain the importance or advantages of Manual handling. Also explain about
disadvantages/ what happened when manual handling is not carried out properly. Give
examples from your place of work. Refer to the case study of Alice Belle/ what happened/
and why and how it would have been done. Give suggestion/ conclusion/ opinion

2.2
Risk assessment shall be the major function of every health and social care organization
as it is likely to impact its operations and practices. The general practitioners must ensure that
proper procedures and adequate care planning is undertaken by the authorities so as to maintain
consistency in its operations. Manual handling is an essential subject which needs to provided
utmost care by the practitioners (Rohde and et.al., 2014). It can be defined as process wherein the
patients are carefully been transmitted from one place to another.
Advantages of Manual Handling: Patients are provided with varied facilities by the
concern wherein they are taken care by the general practitioners regarding the their washing,
sleeping, eating and cleaning habits. They can move from one place to another with the help of
equipments.
Disadvantages of manual Handling: This is the major reason behind the accidents,
injuries and misshapen events in the health and social care. The impact of manual handling
practices on the healthcare settings can be analysed in the following para:
Impact of Manual Handling: Patients are the main component of the said concerned
care centre and it is imperious to handle them with precaution and concern. If the ward members
and other care takers are not efficient enough in handling the patients and other equipments of
the hospital then it may lead to accidents thereby resulting in not abiding by the health and safety
conditions of premises. Moreover, it is essential to plan the things in advance so as to make
precautionary actions to minimise the same (Nieuwenhuijsen, 2015).
The present case scenario dictates similar situation which caused death to the old person.
The accident that took place in the South Birmingham Primary care trust exposed a vulnerable
90 year old patient to death. This was due to the improper toll used to move the service user. The
sling that was used by the staff member to carry the patient from the commode to the bed was
quite big which lead to slip and trip of the service user. Therefore, if proper guidance was
provided to the care practitioners then the respective accident could not have taken place in the
healthcare setting. Further it can be said that, improper handling of equipments can be very
hazardous for the patients as well as the people working for them (Lim and et.al., 2013). The
impact of it can cause a huge loss to the hospital thereby leading to pay thousands and lakh's of
pounds as compensation to the people who has suffered as well as the government. Furthermore,
it cause a heavy impact on the economy of the United Kingdom due to the increased injuries,

disorders and rising death rate in the country. 2.3 Discuss how dilemma encountered may be
addressed. Define dilemma (ref…) Briefly identify types and causes of dilemma. Discuss
how dilemma encountered may be resolved/addressed Give examples. Relate to the case
study of Alice Belle/ use example from your place of work and discuss how you addressed
the dilemma. Give recommendation/ solutions/ conclusion/ suggestion
2.3
A dilemma can be defined as a situation wherein a person get stuck or confused regarding
which path to be chosen to deal with the current circumstances. An organization has to make
several choices between the varied alternatives present before it. Similarly, the health and social
care needs to encounter certain dilemmas that obstructs its effective function. In regards with the
enlisted scenario, the South Birmingham Trust require to implement certain policies and systems
for safety, security and health that would maintain proper health and safety at the setting
(Dagenais and et.al., 2016).
The health care homes are meeting the current requirements of its patients by installing
latest technologies that assist them in providing high quality services. With the improper
manpower resources and operators of the said tools, they are encountering several dilemmas in
maintaining and implementing health and safety at hospital setting. Identical to the above, the
South Birmingham primary care trust is facing similar issues in the proper use of sling tools (The
Role of Health Professionals, 2016). The staff members are not aware about the varied size and
proper use of the equipment which may harm the service users. For instance, patient in the South
Birmingham Trust is suffering from some disease and she wants to go to the commode for in
order to pee. In such situation care worker or practitioners working in the trust may face
dilemmas whether to allow the patient to go or not. Accordant with the trust policy patients that
are vulnerable and older in age are not allowed to go to the wash room and use the pot that is
provided to them so as to avoid accident. Therefore in such circumstances practitioners face
ethical dilemma regarding allowing the patients to go or not. For overcoming the dilemmas UK
government has framed human right act that indicates on the behalf of patient care worker or any
other family member can take effective decisions.
Along with this, every service user wants their personal and other information to be kept
safe and secure with the HSC. Therefore, the concerned company is complying by the Data
Protection Act to maintain privacy and secrecy in its operations (Caramenico, 2013).

Contradictory, the service user has lost its trust and loyalty in regards with the particular
organization due the several accidents and events that has took place in the past years. All the
above demonstrated practices and systems are the encountered dilemmas that effects the South
Birmingham Primary care trust to maintain and comply by the health, safety and security
policies. 2.4 Analyse the Impact of Non-compliance health and safety legislation. Define
compliance or non-compliance and reference. Analyse the effects of non-compliance both
positive and negative. (Effective communication, practicing RIDDOR, COSHH, proper
Manual Handling). (NEGATIVE: fine, court, imprisonment, closure of organisation,
damage of reputation of the organisation). Give examples from the place of work. Refer to
case study. Give recommendation, conclusion, and suggestions
2.4
Compliance can be termed as a process wherein the organization considers the
regulations and legislation laid by the government and vice versa when the company does not
follows it, this can be defined as non-compliance. There are several effects of non-compliance
with health and safety legislations. Various laws need to be adequately considered while
formulating several policies and plans for health care setting. Any hospital is operating its
activities in opposition to the prescribed legislation can be sued by the concerned party facing
damages (Yeboah and et.al., 2012). RIDDOR is the site wherein the the injuries and diseases are
reported by the managers or the employers and sent to the HSE. These policy are in compliance
with the said hospital. The laws that needs to be fulfilled by the South Birmingham primary care
trust involves Mental Health act 1983, Public Health Act 1936, etc. Impact of some of these
legislative laws can be seen hereunder:
Health and safety is imperative at hospital setting so as to preserve the interest of the
service users as well as the staff members. The Public Health Act 1936 describes that all the
doctors and physicians may be competent enough and must possess reasonable degree and
permission by the government in order to carry out treatment in the organization. The law also
dictates that all the clinicians must be recruited by deliberate consideration and if the hospital
fails to comply by it, then it is likely to be sealed by the government. It is a negative impact and
can cause damage to the reputation of the hospital.
Thereafter, the health and Safety Act 1974 of the United Kingdom demonstrates that it is
the duty of every care practician and other staff members to conduct its duty with utmost care

and concern which may not harm any other people which involves the service users, patients and
the clients of the hospital (Hackam and et.al., 2013). If the South Birmingham PCT's fails to
comply by this, then it is likely to faces damages in form of compensation to the aggrieved party.
The Mental Health Act 1983 dictates that the Said care trust cannot treat any of the
patient that visit the hospital as mental before treating and operating them carefully. This can
further result in government abolishing the license of the the said doctor or hospital as invalid.
Therefore, all the laws and legislations need to be complied by the respective organization so as
to carry out its functioning without any obstruction (John and Weinert, 2016). Moreover,it will
enable the firm to overcome from all sorts of conspiracies that is currently being spread due to
the non-compliance of these acts. 3.1 Explain how health and safety is monitored and
reviewed. Define Monitoring and review (ref). Identify the two types of monitoring (Active
and re-active). Explain the ways of monitoring: Audit, spot checks, appraisals, meetings,
questionnaire etc……, Use examples. Relate to the case study. Use POPMAR. Use PCDA.
Give solutions, opinion/suggestions, and recommendation
TASK 3
3.1
Reviewing and monitoring can be classified as the the act wherein the people of an
organization are examining the results of the laid policies and practices. This is done in order to
analyse the effectiveness of the current systems in exercise of the Health and social care
organization. In context to the present selected care home centre, health and safety policies are in
align with the laws and legislation as well as its current effectiveness needs to be analysed. This
help in undertaking several actions and plans to remove the discrepancies that may be prevailing
in the current system (Johnstone, 2013). Some of the ways in which the practices of South
Birmingham can be reviewed and monitored have been highlighted hereunder:
 The incumbent health care centre can measure the performance of the practices and
systems that has currently been followed. This will enable the directorates of Hospital to
to assess the risk and threat which is likely to occur and make alterations so as to
improvise the same. In addition it, a great probe dictates that if you cannot measure you
can't even manage. Henceforth, the South Birmingham PCT's can measure the amount of
peril at hospital setting by using various methods and tools to minimise the same.