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28/07/2003
HSE website offers guidance for health services
A new website covering the health services - both the NHS and the independent sector - has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today.
Employers, safety representatives, health professionals and members of the public will find guidance on health and safety in their sector about how HSE, as the independent regulator for health and safety, does its job. Anyone who would like to access the site can do so at www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices
Visitors can also view video clips, read case studies, download the 2003/4 programme of work and gain access to guidance on many of the current issues and valuable links to many other useful websites.
In the five-year period 1996/7-2000/1, over 61,100 healthcare workers suffered an injury reportable to HSE under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation (RIDDOR) 1995 (an average of 12,233 per year). There were two fatalities in this period, and the majority of injuries (54,337) fell into the over three-day category. More than 50% of these involved handling/sprains.
The 1995 Self-reported Work-related Illness (SWI) Survey, estimated 193,000 people who had worked in the health services sector (which relates to the wider grouping health and social work) in the last 12 months reported a health problem caused by their work, resulting in an estimated 2.8 million days off work.
(GMcG)
Employers, safety representatives, health professionals and members of the public will find guidance on health and safety in their sector about how HSE, as the independent regulator for health and safety, does its job. Anyone who would like to access the site can do so at www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices
Visitors can also view video clips, read case studies, download the 2003/4 programme of work and gain access to guidance on many of the current issues and valuable links to many other useful websites.
In the five-year period 1996/7-2000/1, over 61,100 healthcare workers suffered an injury reportable to HSE under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation (RIDDOR) 1995 (an average of 12,233 per year). There were two fatalities in this period, and the majority of injuries (54,337) fell into the over three-day category. More than 50% of these involved handling/sprains.
The 1995 Self-reported Work-related Illness (SWI) Survey, estimated 193,000 people who had worked in the health services sector (which relates to the wider grouping health and social work) in the last 12 months reported a health problem caused by their work, resulting in an estimated 2.8 million days off work.
(GMcG)
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