Posted By Ian Is anyone able to share a copy of a Health and Safety Policy for a care home or show me where I can get hold of one. I have got the book from the HSE called ' Health and Safety in Care Homes' which is useful but would still be useful to see an example of a written one. Many Thanks Ian

Posted By Robert K Lewis Ian It is a big subject and the most difficult is in the Nursing Home environment with the Evacuation training and drills. These can also be particularly sensitive as some residents may have to remain in their rooms until fire service assistance arrives. I found that staff training needs were highest in this area as most instinctively want to remove everybody to the outside world - but this may not be the best option at 2 am in midwinter when most fires seem to happen in such accomodation. Legionella and water temperature control are also significant risk areas, as are the food hygiene aspects and drugs control and recording. There is great emphasis on manual handling but most of this is now reasonably controlled with the various lifting aids. It is a vaste area though and the above scratches the surface only. I reached 2 Mb by the way. The HSE document is good but needs to be extended as it cannot cover all risk areas. email me for a personal conversation if you wish Bob