COVID-19 Return to Work Toolkit
Friday, 26 June 2020
This guidance provides you with information and links to help you and provides a COVID-19 Return to Work Toolkit as you work through the key stages of your assessment, deciding controls and monitoring your safety measures. The relaxing of distancing to 1 metre (if using risk mitigation) is good news, provided that sensible and proportionate safety
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COVID-19 Risk Assessment – Free Planning Questionnaire and Guidance
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Now we have passed the peak of infection we are seeing an increasing number of businesses starting to think and plan for their return to work – the challenge is doing this in a way that is COVID-Secure. In some ways this is more difficult than the initial rush we had sending people to work
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Coronavirus Fit To Work Assessment
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
This article has been prepared to help you complete a Coronavirus Fit To Work assessment of an employee who wants to return to work after displaying symptoms of COVID-19, or is in the vulnerable category of workers. We have been very busy over recent weeks supporting our clients in managing their health, safety and welfare
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Effective Risk Management Approach – Workplace Safety During Coronavirus [case study]
Friday, 27 March 2020
The Challenge Plamil Foods Ltd have been manufacturing award winning Vegan food products since the 1960’s, building their reputation and brand on the quality of their products and their ethics. In addition to its own brand, much of what this company manufactures becomes a key ingredient for other food processors, which makes it essential that this company can continue production during the Covid-19 pandemic to help
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How to Implement Behavioural Safety
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Why do we need behavioural safety and why is behavioural safety important? We have guarded and maintained our equipment, trained our staff, and improved our working environments. But accidents are still happening – so what do we do next? We need to start thinking about what actions and behaviours in our workplace cause or contribute towards accidents. As far back
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6 Things You Need to Know About Healthcare Training
Monday, 13 August 2018
Most managers needing healthcare training are very familiar with the CQC but did you know that the HSE also has significant authority and the power to close part of a premises or process if they feel there is serious risk of personal injury? So how do busy managers satisfy both enforcing bodies without duplicating time
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5 Tips to Reduce Emotional Stress in the Workplace
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
In any occupation, work can be stressful. This can come from mental and emotional stress that you have daily in your working life. According to the Health and Safety Executive’s Labour Force Survey, in 2015/16 there were 488,000 cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety. And NHS doctors report that up to 1/3rd of
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5 Steps Towards Developing Effective Safety Procedures at Work
Thursday, 27 July 2017
For U.K. based companies, establishing best practice for health and safety in the workplace is an important initiative, and arguably as important as managing the business finances. Poor working practice is not only a drain upon efficiency but also a hidden drain on your costs. According to self-reports submitted to the Health and Safety Executive
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How to Prioritise Health and Safety in the Workplace
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
It may be a cliche, but the old saying “Safety first!” is still good advice. Health and safety should always be a top priority, especially in the workplace. If you’re an employer, the safety of your employees is crucial to the continued operation of your business. An unsafe workplace could result in injury. And, in
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