Winchester & Eastleigh NHS Trust: Health and Safety System Review

This report reviews the health and safety systems, policies, and procedures within an NHS trust, specifically focusing on Winchester and Eastleigh NHS Trust. It examines the responsibilities of different stakeholders, including employers, patients, and trust safety advisors, highlighting the importance of adhering to regulations such as the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 and the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. The report analyzes health and safety priorities at the workplace, emphasizing individual safety and health, and the need for regular risk assessments to ensure quality service delivery to patients. It also addresses the roles of trust advisors, employers, and patients in maintaining a safe environment and providing appropriate treatment.

Health and safety
There are many rules and legislation which
are farmed by National health services and has to be
properly followed by every organisation. In given
scenario of Winchester and Eastleigh NHS trust, had
recognised problem regarding slips on floors after
wet.
• Control of Substances hazardous to Health
Regulation 2002
• Health and safety (First-Aid) regulations 1981
• Risk assessment
In Staffordshire NHS trust, there are many people
who are associated with their own roles and responsibilities.
As there are different stakeholders such as employers,
patients, partners, trust safety advisor etc. which have to
perform their responsibilities in appropriate manner. Their
responsibilities are described as below;
• Trust advisor
• Employers
• Patients Partners
At workplace there are many service users and
they have to maintain dignity of hospitals by following
proper rules and regulations. In Winchester and Eastleigh
NHS trust, service providers have to use online risk
assessment tools which can reduce the number of slips or
trips in organization.
• Individual safety
• Individual health
1.1 Reviewing system, policies and
procedures of health and safety
1.2 Responsibilities of different employer in
health and social care organisation
1.3 Analyzing health and safety priorities at
work place

Control of Substances hazardous to Health
Regulation 2002 – This act is intended to protect
individual from hazardous substances at work place.
The staff of cited trust have to clearly stand that, if
floors are not properly dry then it will give negative
impact on the life of people.
Health and safety (First-Aid) regulations 1981 –
This act supports to employers at work place. It sets
out that what they need to do, to address the
provision of first-aid.
Risk assessment – In health and safety organization,
risk can be assessed by anyone. It is essential at
workplace to determine these risk on regular basis so
that patient can get quality of services.
Trust advisor – At workplace all are having different
roles and responsibilities which has to be perform by
everyone. Along with this they have to work in
coordination in order to deal with the issues which are
facing by clients.
Employers – They have to use proper equipment’s
while providing any treatment to patients. In health and
safety act, it clearly defines their duties that how they
have to perform it.
Patients – In cited organisation, it is their responsibility
to clearly state their problems which are facing by them,
even it is related with health or cleaning.
Individual safety – The employees of cited organisation, have to keep their employee’s safety
at proper place. It is their responsibility to provide them proper treatment on time.
Individual health - Service providers have to clearly understand the behaviour of disabled
person who are coming in this organisation due to slip of floors. After finding their problems,
according to that treatment should be provided to them. The employers have to coordinate
with each other in order to serve quality of services to them.