2013 No. 108 HEALTH AND SAFETY The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 Made 18th April 2013 11th May 2013 Coming into operation - The Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment(a)‚being the Department concerned(b) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 17(1) and (2)(c) and 55(2) of‚ and paragraphs 1(1)‚ 7(1)‚ 13‚ 14(1)‚ 15 and 19 of Schedule 3 to‚ the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland)
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Health and Safety Legislation 1. Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) 1995 RIDDOR came into force on the 1st of April 1996 and requires you to report some work-related accidents‚ disease and dangerous occurrences to the Health and Safety Executive. Major injuries include: * Fracture / break other than to fingers‚ thumbs or toes * Amputation * Dislocation of the shoulder‚ hip‚ knee or spine * Loss of sight Dangerous occurrences include:
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Unit Title: Unit sector reference: Level: Credit value: Guided learning hours: Unit expiry date: Unit accreditation number: Understand health and safety in social care settings PWCS 27 2 4 40 31/08/2015 R/602/3179 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those who are interested in‚ or new to‚ working in a social care setting. It introduces knowledge and understanding of areas of health and safety required to work in a social care setting. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand
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| | | | 1.explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders‚ personality changes‚ and impaired reasoning | | | | | | | 2. describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementiatemporal lobe = responsible for vision‚ memory‚ language‚ hearing‚ learningfrontal lobe = responsible for decision making ‚ problem solving‚ control behaviour and emotionsparietal
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provide and maintain her physical needs. Intellectual As Elsie is in later adulthood we know her physical needs have already declined‚ her accident didn’t help her much so her intellectual needs will become more important to her. Elsie does not work or have much to keep her brain stimulated and interested in new challenges‚ activities‚ a group; finding hobbies and interests that will stop her from getting bored or irritable will be Elsie’s main priority. Whether she decides to take up reading
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I am writing this report to explain how recent laws promote anti discriminatory practise in an health and social care environment. The first act I am going to talk about is the equality Act 2012.this act promotes anti discriminatory practise as is this act it protects people that are living in the UK from any form of harm or discrimination. These are the 9 characteristic that this act covers: age disability gender reassignment marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity
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Musab Omar Unit 2 ID No 20235744 Know Discriminatory practices in health and social care Discriminatory practice in health and social care happens for many reasons including some important factors that are normally the cause of discriminatory practice for example a person may be discriminated against because on the basis of their diversity. One important discriminatory practice is because of culture. A person’s Culture is important to them and
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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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Unit 2 – Equality‚ Diversity and rights in health and social care M3. Discuss difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practices in health and social care settings. In this task I have been asked to talk about difficulties that may occur in regards to anti-discriminatory practices in a health and social care environment‚ I will be discussing the topics namely‚ Socialisation‚ Culture‚ Past events‚ Health and Language & Communication. Anti-discriminatory Practices This is
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UNIT 3 Health and social care Level 2 Explain how the plan meets the health and wellbeing needs of the individual In health and social care the wellbeing of the individual is essential for all round health and well-being. Using the case of Miss JB‚ this essay I will explain how my plan will meet the health and wellbeing needs of this individual. To assist this process an action plan have been drawn up to support the short term‚ mid-term and long term goals of the individual to enable Mr JB to
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