Health and Safety Committee

These policies are applicable to all staff within the Trust.

Please check for updates on a regular basis.

HSC001 - Health and Safety Policy [pdf] 661.91KB

• To ensure the health, safety and welfare of all staff and others affected by the Trusts activities.

HSC002 - Policy and Guidance for the Use of Risk Registers [pdf] 653.90KB

• To ensure all risks to safety and the business of the Trust are identified and addressed through controls or elimination.

HSC003 - Fire Policy [pdf] 266.21KB

• To provide a safe working environment for all its employees, patients, visitors and contractors with regard to fire safety in the workplace.

HSC004 - Security Policy [pdf] 600.81KB

• To ensure the security of all NHT and employee assets

HSC005 - Workplace Policy [pdf] 301.79KB

• To ensure all Workplaces meet Health, Safety and Welfare needs

HSC006 - Lone Working Policy [pdf] 429.67KB[pdf] 364.56KB

• To ensure the safety of NHT employees in lone working situations. 

HSC007 - Shared Occupancy Policy [pdf] 294.65KB[pdf] 48.22KB

• To ensure the health, safety and welfare of all staff and others affected by the Trust activities

HSC008 - First Aid Provision Policy [pdf] 223.81KB[pdf] 100.42KB

• This policy promotes a positive approach for managers and employees in the management of First Aid at Work, dealing safely and effectively with injuries and illness, which can happen at work.

HSC009 - Policy on the Reporting of the Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences [pdf] 281.70KB

• To ensure all major injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences are reported to the enforcing authority

HSC010 - Moving and Handling Policy [pdf] 503.21KB

• The purpose of the policy is to reduce the risk of injury, not only to the back, but any part of the body, which could be caused through the moving and handling of objects and people. 

HSC011 - Guidelines for the safe use of Mobile Electric Patient Lifting Hoists [pdf] 177.99KB

• Staff guidance on how to manage the use of mobile electric patient lifting hoists

HSC013 - Personal Protective Equipment Policy [pdf] 395.79KB[pdf] 129.74KB

• To ensure any PPE selected is suitable

HSC014 - Working with Display Screen Equipment Policy [pdf] 275.23KB

• To ensure the health and safety of all staff working with Display Screen Equipment

HSC015 - Environmental Policy [pdf] 284.40KB[pdf] 45.73KB 

• To protect the environment from any harm which may result from the Trust’s activities

HSC016 - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health [pdf] 404.06KB[pdf] 110.38KB

• To ensure all substances hazardous to health are controlled

HSC017 - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Policy [pdf] 319.01KB[pdf] 161.98KB

• To ensure that all work equipment is safe to use.

HSC020 - Waste Policy [pdf] 391.70KB

• To ensure the Trust segregates, handles, transports and disposes of all its waste in the correct and most environmentally friendly way.

HSC021 - Food Hygiene Policy and Guidelines [pdf] 363.91KB

• To ensure the suitability of NHFT food prepartaion areas 

HSC022 - Policy for the Prevention & Management of Latex Allergy [pdf] 262.05KB

• To ensure the health and safety of service users, carers and staff in relation to the risk of latex allergy

HSC023 - Control of Contractors Policy [pdf] 528.56KB

• To ensure contractors are fully monitored with their working methods and practices whilst working in Trust’s property.

HSC024 - Policy for Visitors Access to Sites [pdf] 269.48KB

• To ensure the healthy and safety of all visitors to our sites

HSC025 - Central Alert System (CAS) Policy [pdf] 214.86KB[pdf] 91.14KB

• To ensure all alerts received into the CAS system are acknowledged and actioned appropriately.

HSC026 - Asbestos Policy [pdf] 490.56KB

• To define the strategy for managing asbestos within the NHFT and the required actions to ensure that a robust management system operates across all areas of the Trust, addressing all Corporate Objectives.

HSC027 - Legionellosis Risk Management Policy [pdf] 557.93KB

• To ensure the Trust does all that is reasonably practicable to manage the risk of legionellosis and meet the requirements of the relevant guidance.

HSC029 - Management of Violence and Aggression Policy [pdf] 551.79KB

• To detail the Trust’s strategy on dealing with incidents of violence and aggression against staff by patients and visitors

Last updated: 08 January 2013

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