If you haven’t booked yet for our Autumn ‘Essential Updates’ there’s still time. These important twice-yearly seminars will provide delegates with an informative, focused and interactive day that will ensure Registered Providers, Registered Managers and Senior Staff who are responsible for… read more »
CFW’s health & safety expert Anthony Acari has compiled a list of useful updates for members… – NICE has produced some guidance and guidelines concerning falls in older people – see it here. It champions evidence-based statements to deliver quality… read more »
FALLS among older people is one of the major issues facing the NHS today across the UK with falls being the leading cause of accidental death and disability in older people in England and in Wales. An estimated 230,000-460,000 people… read more »
Did you know that if two or more union-appointed health and safety representatives request in writing that you set up a health and safety committee, you must do so within three months of the request? Although there is no such… read more »
We may feel it ourselves or identify that a colleague is stressed, but when do we have to account for it in terms of being a disability under the equality act? If at all? Anthony Acari, CFW’s health and safety… read more »
Two serious fires at care homes have occurred in the last fortnight. The first in New Grange Residential Care Home in Cheshunt claimed the lives of two residents two weeks ago and the second in Standon House Care Home in Tamworth… read more »
Our health and safety expert Anthony Acari, pictured, has joined the National Task Force for Falls Prevention in Older People. The task force – which brings together health, housing, social care and third sector professionals with expertise in falls prevention… read more »
The Health and Safety Executive has recently launched a new health strategy, with a focus on two areas that could have a big impact on businesses and staff working in the care sector – managing stress and musculoskeletal disorders. It’s likely the HSE will look at work-related stress in… read more »
Just a reminder that if you are working in frontline social care, especially with older or frail people, you should get a flu jab as we are approaching the peak part of the year for flu infections. CFW continues to… read more »
A health authority in England has been fined by the Health & Safety Executive after the death of a patient on a specialist dementia ward. The fine, which has been highlighted for members by Care Forum Wales’ health and safety… read more »