Posted By Gerry Gorman I have recently accepted the position of Health & Safety Adviser with an Acute NHS Trust, and I am currently researching a number of issues before I take up the Post. One of these issues relates to Workplace Transport, and I was wondering if anyone has recently carried out a Risk Assessment on this activity (particularly with regard to an Acute Trust) and if so, have they identified specific areas of concern, which require attention. Thanking you in anticipation of your help. Gerry

Posted By Alison Dando Add to Bryn's list: public transport, we have buses coming onto our site as well as taxis. That means controlling traffic congestion, parking areas (legal and illegal on site), road markings, blind spots, separation of pedestrians from traffic - looking at crossing points - some of ours are incorporated into speed restrictive devices and have mini belisha beacons and coloured blocks and ramps for wheel chairs. Some hospitals have one way systems. Look at all external lighting and what signs can be seen at night as well as during the day. Look at your receipt points for goods, so you need to consider the offloading of HGVs, fuel and oxygen tankers and offloading bays, road markings for turning- same thing applies to waste compounds. What about internal traffic, convoys of waste bins and zimmer frames don't mix etc. etc. Start of by walking all these areas and come up with a series of risk assessments, then you can do your costings. for ideas go into silver platter and look for publications covering transport.