Health and safety legislation Two of the most important pieces of health and safety legislation affecting educational establishments across the UK are the Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other regulations also exist to cover work activities that carry specific risks‚ for example lifting
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1) Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting. There are several key pieces of legislation that impact on how schools manage the health and safety of both their employees‚ and others who come into contact with the school e.g pupils‚ support workers and parents. These pieces of legislation are: The Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 This act places the responsibility of ensuring the health and safety and welfare of employees
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Mental Capacity Act The Mental Capacity Act is designed to protect people who can’t make decisions for themselves or lack the mental capacity to do so. This could be due to a mental health condition‚ a severe learning difficulty‚ a brain injury‚ a stroke or unconsciousness due to an anaesthetic or sudden accident. The act’s purpose is: * To allow adults to make as many decisions as they can for themselves. * To enable adults to make advance decisions about whether they would like future
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training and supervision to ensure health and safety at work. Employees have a duty to take care of their own health and safety and those of others‚ and must not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided for health and safety. These principles are generally embodied in health and safety legislation in the industrialized world and this means that everyone has statutory obligations (legal requirements) under the various Health and Safety at Work acts in place in the federal
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Health and Social Care BTEC In Task two I’m going to describe in depth how‚ policies and procedures promote safety in a health and social care setting. Legalisation is a law which has created by the government. There are many legalisation‚ policies and procedures that are really important which have been put into place as they have a purpose to promote and protect the health and safety of individuals in a health and social care setting. One important piece of legalisation is (COSSH) (The control
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A. Introduction: 1. Scope We are safety officers of ‘UFV All Star Dreamers’ and we are evaluating the Occupational Health and Safety Plan of a Wal-Mart warehouse‚ located in Vancouver on GrandView Hwy. This is their main warehouse; all the products are shipped distributed from this location to all the other stores in Fraser Valley region. The main warehouse has 160 employees‚ 125 of which are unionized workers on the floor‚ and 35 of which are paid on salary and work with management. The warehouse
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Health Policy Analysts: How do they do it? The description of a policy analyst is pretty much straight forward; they basically evaluate and formulate a policy. With that being said the job is not so easy‚ they can work for nonprofit organization‚ government agencies‚ and news outlets. If they are highly skilled the demand for their services is great‚ especially if their skills lie in area of policy that currently is important to social or political interests. Some policy analysts are involved
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We have to take into account the Care Quality Commission Essential standards quality and safety‚ which is a guide to help providers of health and social care to comply with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulation 2010 and the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulation 2009. These regulations describe the essential standards of quality and safety that people who use health and adult care services have a right to expect. The Care Quality Commission will continuously
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Hazard and risk management for safety……………………………………10 From management strategies to safety…………………………………….13 The statistical evidence……………………………………………………....15 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..18 Reference list…………………………………………………………………..20 Abstract The aviation industry is one of the most exposed to hazards and risks‚ however aircrafts are the safer way to travel. Indeed safety management systems have been designed to make that
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The Security Dilemma（Spiral） and its aftermath in Northeast Asia Wang Kai‚ 10210170049 Part 1: Why the security dilemma or spiral in NEA deteriorated after the cold war? 1. Historical legacies A. Memory of the World War II Originating from its brutal occupation of China‚ the natural aversion to Japan has been preserved in part by Japan’s refusal to recognize and apologized for its imperial past. Chinese anti-Japan nationalism explodes recurrently by specific incidents—for instance‚ the revision
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