health and social care UNIT 3 legislations
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- Legislation
- Health and safety at work act 1974
- Regulator for the safety of people at work
- Employers must protect their employees on their premises
- Primary piece of legislation covering occupational health
- Established the HSE (Health Service Executive)
- Management of health and safety at work regulations (MHSWR) 1999
- Risk assessments should take place
- Employees are given adequate health and safety training
- Procedures in place to follow hazards occur
- Food safety act 1990
- Requires that good personal hygiene is maintained when working with food
- Records should be kept of where the food came from
- Requires that if any food is unsafe it is removed and an incident report is made
- Food safety regulations 1995
- Food needs to be managed in a controlled environment
- Raw meat and vegetables should be prepared on separate chopping boards
- Requires that environments where food is prepared and cooked are kept clean and in good condition
- Manual handling operations regulations 1992
- Requires employers to avoid hazardous manual handling tasks where possible
- Requires employers to provide information, training and supervision about safe moving and handling
- Requires employers to reduce risks associated with manual handling tasks
- Reporting of injuries, disease and dangerous occurrences regulations (RIDDOR) 2013
- Requires employers to report and keep record for 3 years of work related accidents that cause death or serious injuries, disease or dangerous occurrences
- Procedures should be in place for reporting injuries, disease and incidents
- Employers should provide information and training on reporting injuries, disease and incidents
- Data protection act 1998
- Protects the security of personal information
- Requires information is accurate and up to date
- Requires that information is kept secure
- Civil contingencies act 2004
- The act sets out how organisations must work together to plan and respond to local and national emergencies
- It requires that risk assessment are undertaken and emergency plans are put in place
- It establishes how organisations, local authorities and health bodies can work together and share information
- The health and social care (safety and quality) act 2015
- This act sets out about how health and social care providers must share information about a persons care with other professionals so that it is safe and effective
- Must use the NHS number when sharing information
- People convicted of certain offences can be removed from the registers of health and social care professions
- Control of substances hazardous to health regulations (COSHH) 2002
- Risk assessments must be carried out to prevent or control exposure to hazardous substances
- Employers to have procedures in place for safe working with hazardous substances
- Health and safety at work act 1974
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