Is manual handling training a legal requirement?
Manual handling is one of those things that we do every single day and quite often, because the task is so familiar, we don’t even recognise that it is manual handling. When it comes to…
What is CoSHH?
CoSHH is a health and safety Regulation which was first introduced in 1988 with updates in 1994, 1999 and 2002. CoSHH stands for Control of Substances Hazardous to Health. The current Legislation is the Control…
Why First Aid Should Be Top Of your New Year’s Resolutions
We are not a million miles from Christmas and all the excesses that it brings and then we enter into the new year, where many a New Year’s Resolution is made and broken. We are…
How to look after a defibrillator
When it comes to emergency first aid, quick action is always imperative and never more so when it is suspected that someone’s heart has stopped. Did you know that without quick intervention, only around 10%…
How to Treat a Burn
Accidents can happen at any time and quite often the longer term consequences of an accident are entirely dependent on the initial action taken to treat any wounds or injury. In this blog we will…
What is ladder safety?
Ladders are used all the time, both at home and at work and they are a fast and convenient way of reaching things that we couldn’t get to without them. Ladders are used for everything…
Ligature Training
Mental health is a very serious topic. Deteriorating Mental Health can manifest itself in many different ways withdrawal and quietness, to anxiety and depression and, unfortunately, suicide. In 2021, according to the Office of National…
What does due diligence mean in food safety?
It is a legal requirement that anyone who produces, distributes or sells any food products must comply with food hygiene regulations. As part of this, being able to demonstrate that you are compliant is very…
Are home workers classed as lone workers?
Home working has become significantly more common since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and it has now very much become the norm. Some people have elected to stay at home rather than going back…
Basic Life Support
What is Basic Life Support? We rarely think about medical emergencies until we suddenly face one. Would you know how to act if you found someone who had collapsed or was in clear medical distress?…
How to spot the signs of dehydration and fix it
Dehydration occurs when you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn’t have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. Or to put it another way,…
Mental Health in the Workplace Training
Mental health has become, rightly so, a very important topic for many businesses. Quite often people confuse mental health with mental illness, but they are fundamentally very different things. In this article we explain this…