Health and Safety Policies in Healthcare: A Detailed Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of health and safety in healthcare and social care settings. It begins with an introduction emphasizing the importance of health and safety within healthcare services, focusing on the responsibilities of management and staff. The report is structured into three tasks. Task 1 reviews communication systems within healthcare workplaces, including induction training, data protection, and various communication methods. It also outlines an organizational chart for health and safety management, detailing individual responsibilities according to legislative requirements. Task 2 analyzes how information from risk assessments informs care planning and examines the impact of health and safety policies on care practices and clients. It further discusses dilemmas in implementing safety systems and policies, along with the effects of non-compliance with health and safety legislation. Task 3 explains the monitoring and review of health and safety policies and practices, analyzes the effectiveness of these policies in promoting a positive safety culture, and evaluates the individual's contribution to prioritizing the health and safety needs of individuals. The report concludes with a summary of the key findings and recommendations, supported by references to relevant literature and legislation.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1Review system communicating health and safety within a health and social care workplace
................................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Outline an organisational chart of health and safety management and also assess the
responsibilities of individuals as per with the legislative requirements.................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1Analyse how information from risk assessments informs care planning..........................5
2.2 Analyse the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and care practices
and its clients..........................................................................................................................6
2.3 Discuss how dilemmas encountered in relation to implementing system and policies for
health, security and safety......................................................................................................6
2.4 Analyse the effects of non-compliance with health and safety legislation......................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1Explain how health and safety policies and practices monitored and reviewed...............7
3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies in the workplace in promoting a
positive health and safety culture...........................................................................................8
3.3Evaluate the own contribution in placing the health and safety needs of individuals at the
centre of practice....................................................................................................................8
CONLUSION..................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
Sargeant, M. and Giovannone, M., 2011. Vulnerable workers: health, safety and well-being.
Gower Publishing, Ltd...................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
In the present scenario, it is needed to make sure that there is a health and safety in the
workplace as it is one the most important aspects and integral part of healthcare services. It is
one of the most vital aspects of health and safety in the issuance of health and social care service.
Therefore, the health care services of management and staff workers are mainly accountable that
make sure that there is a health and safety in the car service setting of health and social (Sargeant
and Giovannone, 2011).. The present assignment is based upon the health and safety legislation
in the health and social care services. Therefore, the whole brief there is an also discussion on the
requirements of health and safety that are direct affecting the practitioner work in health and
social care services. Thereafter, there is an analysis of reviewing and monitoring health and
social care system in the workplace.
TASK 1
1.1Review system communicating health and safety within a health and social care workplace
Communication system needs to be effective in the workplace so, the clients able to
contact or transfer message to another party in most desired manner. In regard to this, health and
social care workplace needs to adopting the most appropriate communication system. Therefore,
NHS adopts various system in the workplace which are describe as follows-
Induction training- Most firms are needed to carrying out induction training through they
can able to introduce its firms, their personnel and working condition (Clarke, 2010). Therefore,
it facilitates the employees to make understanding the main roles and structure of the
organisation they are working. In context to health and safety there is a compulsory for the HSC
to carry out the survey of people so, able to receive the induction of HSC.
Data protection act 1988- The NHS adopts the data protection act 1988 in the workplace
for the purpose of protecting the data of service users. It is a responsibility of health and safety
care is that to protect the data and record data of personal information such as political and
religious beliefs, health, criminal record, sexuality and user’s ethnicity etc. It keeps the
information safer and it also makes sure that client’s information remains secure and
confidential.

Verbal communication: The NHS company adopts verbal communication as can able to
deal with the several problems that are occurred in the workplace. The professional in health and
social care able to deal problems with their patients through effective listening.
Non-verbal communication: The NHS company adopts the non-verbal communication
as they can deal with the patients at that time when they are unable to speak at the time drinking
alcohol and drugs etc. In that case, doctors understand the individual facial expression and body
language.
1.2 Outline an organisational chart of health and safety management and also assess the
responsibilities of individuals as per with the legislative requirements
Organisational Chart of NHS in London
Responsibility of individuals Employers- The responsibility of employer is that they protect the safety, welfare and
health of its staff members. It ensured that they are not impacted by its business and the
workers are protected from the cause of harm, incident, accidents happen in the
workplace. The other duty of employers is that to assessing the risk arises in the
workplace and controlling effectively any kind of risks that could arises in the NHS.
Apart from this, the another duty of health and safety law is that to implement the risk
assessments so, they able to address all types or risk that may cause harm in the health
and social care workplace. Employees- The responsibility of employees in health and safety care is that to make co-
operation with the employer (Sargeant and Giovannone, 2011). It also make sure that
they get proper training and report directly to the employer regard to injuries, illness if

any one suffer in the workplace. They are also responsible for that all the staff workers
are entitled to work in that place where its NHS are in controlled in proper manner.
 External agencies- Health and safety commission is an external agencies and there are
some main responsibility regard to this. They responsibility and duties is that they are
encouraged publication and research and training. They are also responsible for making
arrangements for securing that employers, employee. Government departments and other
people who are delivered advisory services and information.
TASK 2
2.1 Analyse how information from risk assessments informs care planning
Risk assessments can be defines as that is used by the NHS for the purpose of care
planning. It is most vital in the care planning and it indicating that work does not run properly
and there is a needed to put other arrangements in the workplace. Thus, Risk assessments taken
into accounts of risks to the person supports, risk of employees and other people also involved in
it. Furthermore, the risk assessments process are followed by the NHS in the workplace that are
describe as follows-
 Identify the hazards that may harm in the workplace- It is a responsibility of the
employers in the NHS is to evaluating the safety and health risk that are faced through its
employees. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the employees is that finding out the
possible biological, chemical, mental and physical hazards.
 Decide who may be harmed and how- It is the responsibility of the employers to
assessing that risks which are occur through contract staff, agency, visitors, clients and
other visitors. Thereafter, it is a responsibility of the employers to reviewing the day work
in all the various situations and locations where the workers are employed (Clarke,
2010).. It is a special duty of the employees regards to health and safety of the disabled
workers, night workers and shift workers.
 Assess risk and take action- The employers needs to considering the each hazards that
cause harm in the worker in the workplace. It will ascertain whether or not the workers
minimize the risk level. Thereafter, all precautions are needed to be taken into an account
and other generally remains. Further, finding out that risk level is low, medium or high.

 Make a record of findings- The organisation have more than five workers are essential
to records the finding regards to risk assessments. It should be including the information
relates to harm which are include in the risk assessments.
 Reviewing the risk assessment- It is should be in order to:
 It makes sure that only safe working principles are applied.
2.2 Analyse the impact of one aspect of health and safety policy on health and care practices and
its clients
There is an Act of health and safety at work act 1975 which makes sure that the health
and safety of each and every individual are impacted in the workplace. Thus, there are an another
elements is a management of health and safety regards to MHSWR1999 work regulations that
are essential for both managers as well as employers to reduce the risk of health and safety
through carrying out the risk assessments (Holt. and Allen, 2015). There are an another health
and safety policy that is safety and welfare regulation 1992 which helps in reducing the risks that
are taken in the health and safety that are directly associating with the conditions of work. The
another aspects of health and safety policy is manual handling operations regulations (MHOR)
1992 the main aim is that to reducing the risk that are directly associated with the handling and
moving activities in the workplace. Thus, there is another aspects that is personal protective
Equipment at work regulations 1992 (PPE) the purpose is that to reduce the harm arise in the
workplace which are relates with the cross infections. The aspects of health and safety is a
RIDDOR 1992 is reporting of injuries, Diseased and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation which
need that certain diseases, work related injuries and dangerous occurrence are directly reports to
the local authority or HSE.
2.3 Discuss how dilemmas encountered in relation to implementing system and policies for
health, security and safety
In health and social care working practices or services in the workplace most of the staff
workers are facing dilemma at that when the health and safety system and policies are
implementing in the workplace. For instance, there is a scenario happen in the NHS workplace in
which there is a service workers or providers asked directly to the use of health care services.
They are directly nearest regards to the diagnosis progress and on the other side the user of
service faced an issue in the workplace (Hohnen and Hasle, 2011). The problem is regards to

transferring information and they are unable to share the data. The health and safety
organisations adopt the data protection act for the purpose of protecting the data of an employee.
Under this, the data of client cannot be transferred to another third party which create problem
that are faced by the services worker is that they are transfer user of service data without its
consent. On contrast to this, it is most useful for the diagnosis procedure of user of service. For
instance, there is another scenario of NHS that are taking place in which the user of service in a
domiciliary home and they getting out home for the purpose of reading newspaper. Therefore,
the service provider faces dilemma as they go for the purpose of reading newspaper as they are
not much aware about regards to traffic safety.
2.4 Analyse the effects of non-compliance with health and safety legislation
Non compliance with the legislation and regulations of health and safety which has direct
affects of the safety of health and care. For instance, there is a violation of clients or patients
safety regards to private information in which there is a needed to protect the confidential
information. Further, if they fail to manage the food safety needs and also fail in assessing the
risk and others. Thus, the effects of these failure of health and safety does not meet the health
and safety legislation are direct impact the employees and employers of a HSC seating. The
affects can be cancellation of license, imprisonment and it could be a financial fine (Geiger-
Brown and Lipscomb, 2010). Further, as per the section 37 of the act of health and safety act
1974 in which there is a health care setting if they are neglecting the duty then they can be
prosecuted. Thus, the director in the workplace follow rules and regulations through the section
37 process Health and social care 2013. Therefore, the non-compliance that is usually faces an
issue of warning. Therefore, if any kind of serious case happen in the workplace than it is
necessary that the health and social care setting have to report directly to the regulatory bodies.
Therefore, these notice shows the violation law and there is a time period is given directly to the
healthcare organisation to enhancing the whole condition of health and safety.
TASK 3
3.1Explain how health and safety policies and practices monitored and reviewed
Monitoring and reviewing are one the most vital aspects there for the purpose of
implementing the health and safety policies. There is a needed to setting the vital objectives and
targets for the management team that are senior for health and safety care. It ensures that

everyone is to be protected from the hazards, risk and harm in the workplace. Therefore, for the
purpose of monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of health and safety policy is that it is
needed to safety audits at annually. There is another monitoring process in which there is a need
of inspection which are carried out through smaller teams of the staff members (Arocena and
Núñez, 2010). There is need of subsequently recording each inspection and also remedial action
which needs to keep in the file safely and it is made available for the purpose of scrutiny. In
addition to this, informal checking can be often checked in the workplace that will be on regular
basis through the NHS. It mainly includes the fire doors, safety notice board and means of
escape.
There is another inspection that are carried out both formal and informal inspection on
those areas where the risk is high. Thus, it can be the workshop sessions are carried out by the
NHS on regular basis. It makes sure that all the process of working are to be followed risk
assessments and also guidelines. For instance, to carry out the survey in the areas of workshops,
using of personal equipment which makes sure that there is compliance. There is an also needed
of inspection of equipment and plant are taken into the workplace. It makes sure that there is an
effective operations are required in the workplace.
3.2 Analyse the effectiveness of health and safety policies in the workplace in promoting a
positive health and safety culture
The well organised health and safety policy needs to implement in the workplace for the
purpose of safety goals. The aim of health and safety policy is that to providing the better quality
of health and safety performance. Therefore, there are various health and safety policies as well
as procedure that admits the duties of owner’s legitimate (Clarke, 2010). There is a needed to
organising the health and safety policy is one of the most important towards preserving and
delivering the work atmosphere protected and minimize the harm of worker health.
The effectiveness of health and safety policy is that they provide training to the right
person, also deliver the security of health care service to the service users, it also preserving the
fit worker at proportionally, make work environment safer for the patients and sufficient to meet
all the desires of individuals. The health and safety culture of a company is that determine
through employee's values, attitudes and its beliefs. It is that workplace where the people respect
in the work of health and safety.

3.3Evaluate the own contribution in placing the health and safety needs of individuals at
the centre of practice
At the determining the health and safety of the user of service it is most significant to
fulfilling all the needs and desires. It can be of various such as emotional, physical, intellectual
and spiritual etc. Therefore, on the timely basis these needs need to be bonding together that are
influencing each other. I am reading the newspaper which is my intellectual and emotional
desires and it is directly connect to the improvement of physical needs (Bjerkan, 2010).
Therefore, the serious issue is that at the same timing. I am not aware of road safety and I
addressed a sort of dilemma. Thus, the user of service are needs to follow the legislations,
procedures, policies are needs to be endorsement of environment safer in the workplace. I am
also reduced the risk that are happen in the workplace. Therefore, as per the health and safety
Executive and Health care act its directly works for the purpose of meeting the needs of service
user as per assessment (Sargeant and Giovannone, 2011). Thus, the needs can be fulfilled after a
long time when it is practicable and feasible in the HSC workplace. In the primary all the
employees have to assessing the risk and should implement the remedial action are to taken for
the purpose of enhancing awareness regard to road safety and arrange guide. Thereafter, the
dilemma situation can be solved in most effective manner. The service provider have a great
responsibility to endorsing the health and safety through obey the practices that helps in reducing
the risk of any harm, dangerous regard to road. For this, there is needed to not to go to read
newspaper after adhere the awareness of road safety.
CONLUSION
` Summarizing the whole report it has been concluded that it is a responsibility of
employer is that they protect the safety, welfare and health of its staff members. It ensured that
they are not impacted by its business and the workers are protected from the cause of harm,
incident, accidents happen in the workplace. Thereafter, it has been furthermore analysed that -
The NHS adopts the data protection act 1988 in the workplace for the purpose of protecting the
data of service users. It is a responsibility of health and safety care is that to protect the data and
record data of personal information such as political and religious beliefs, health, criminal
record, sexuality and user’s ethnicity etc. It has been further analysed that the employers needs to
consider the each hazards that cause harm in the worker in the workplace. It will ascertain
whether or not the workers minimize the risk level. Thereafter, all precautions are needed to be

taken into an account and other generally remains. Further, finding out that risk level is low,
medium or high.

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