Safety And Protection And Safety

M1) Describe how health and safety legislation, policies and procedures promote of individuals in a health or social care setting

There are many other jobs that need to ensure Health and Safety is important and some of these are: landlords, contractors, emergency services, trade union representatives and consultants. They have to make sure Health and Safety is an important role whilst doing their job as they don’t just have to think about themselves and the people who work for them, they also have to consider the people who are putting their trust in them to help them.

If care provided to a patient is not safe, than the intervention is ineffective and therefore not helping to improve that patient’s quality of life. To help provide a safe environment, observation and communication are extremely important. Inform the patient and family of any interventions before proceeding with them to insure the patient

M1 – I am also going to describe how health and safety legislation, policies and procedures promote the safety of individuals in a health or social care setting.

As health care workers we are under a legal obligation to protect an individual from any kind of abuse, whether it is physical, financial, emotional, sexual or psychological .Legislation, policies and procedures exist to promote a safer working environment and reduce the potential for risks occurring. They are tailored for the needs of each setting, known and understood by employers and employees and reviewed on a regular basis.

|Explain how to create a safe and suitable environment for practitioners and clients | |Every organisation should have specific safety policies and plans tailored to their business and work environment, depending on| |what type of safety issues are relevant. By training all employees thoroughly in the safety policies, the organisation can | |ensure that an environment or situation is safe for all. Additionally, seeking the involvement of staff in drawing up plans or | |adding to them is an excellent way to obtain “buy in” and maintain compliance. | |When practitioners meet

Outcome 1 Understanding the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings.

• Relate hazard to the appropriate manager, simple issues to a senior carer, dangerous issues to manager a.s.a.p.

P1 – Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health and social care setting.

Develop health and safety and risk management policies procedures and practices in health and social care (M1)

UNIT 4: DEVELOP HEALTH AND SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SETTING

1.2 Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and hazards and encouraged to work safely.

And then as a career I can have a dilemma because I want to do everything to keep them safe but also should respect their individual choices what can be in that case difficult. For example when service user wants to stand up and walk without using the frame and it’s clearly stated in the care plan that they should use the frame because not using it can cause risk of fall. We should try to talk with service user and explain what can happened and how risky it is, try to find compromise and always act in the best interest of care. We always must respect the individuals rights but also try to keep them as safe as

Patient safety one of the driving forces of healthcare. Patient safety is defined as, “ the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of healthcare or as the prevention of errors and adverse events caused by the provision of healthcare rather than the patient’s underlying disease process. (Kangasniemi, Vaismoradi, Jasper, &Turunen, 2013)”. It was just as important in the past as it is day. Our healthcare field continues to strive to make improvement toward safer care for patients across the country.

Safety is in an important part of health care. Today as the safety monitor I realized how many little things that we miss everyday can greatly impact a person’s life. For example, checking to make sure that the bed is locked. I think this was a great assignment that really shows that you should pay a little more attention to safety, even make it part of your assessment.