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 · Local Health and Safety Management Arrangements are currently implemented in NHS Fife through the Health and Safety Management Assistant Workbooks (hereafter referred to as the HS Workbook). HS Workbook holders will normally be Estimated Reading Time: 10 mins. The health and safety management system currently used in NHS Lothian is the “Plan, Do, Check, Act” approach recommended by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as treats health and safety management as an integral part of good management rather. efficiency and avoid/reduce the costs of accidents and ill health. This Health Safety Manual is designed as a tool to assist managers in controlling health safety risks within their department/area of responsibility and is based on the 5 key elements of managing health safety as published in Health Safety Executive www.doorway.ru Size: KB.

health, safety and wellbeing of our patients, staff and visitors, to ensure we deliver a first class • Manual Handling • Assault and members of the public • The NHS Constitution -Principles, values, rights responsibilities underpinning the NHS • Health and Safety Policy; Organisational Statement. Manual handling at work. As an employer, you must protect your workers from the risk of injury from hazardous manual handling in the workplace. Manual handling means transporting or supporting a load by hand or bodily force. It includes lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving loads. A load can be an object, person or animal. Management of Violence and Aggression (Personal Safety) Policy. Management of Violence and Aggression (Personal Safety) Procedure. Mental Health Clinical Board Lone Worker Protocol. Minimal Manual Handling Policy and EQIA. Minimal Manual Handling Procedure. B. Bomb Threat / Identification of Suspicious Package Procedure. N.

Food Safety Manual Page 5 of 70 Conventional Catering October (Version ) 1. SCOPE This policy applies to all staff, whether they are directly employed by Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust staff, are under contract, or are employed via Service Level Agreements (SLAs). NHS Lothian has in place a health and safety management system to implement the health and safety policy which is proportionate to the hazards and risks. NHS Lothian has identified 12 key health and safety risks to staff and patients that require management and control. These risks are reviewed and where required updated annually. appropriate financial resources, Health and Safety Advice, Occupational Health provision, Fire Safety and manual handling advice. Adopt best practice in health and safety management, in line with standards set by external bodies such as: National Health Service Litigation Authority, Risk Management Standards (NHSLA).