December 21, 2015
On 4 January, SHP Online will publish ‘expert predictions’, a thought-provoking exclusive for SHP in which we ask over 20 Read More
February 24, 2014
In one of my last roles, I spent many and hour investigating accidents and incidents around the equipment used to lift people in social and healthcare environments. Read More
October 18, 2013
May 8, 2013
Worker attitudes represent the biggest obstacle for social-care professionals in implementing health and safety policies, according to research by the National Association for Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHiCS). Read More
January 24, 2012
A social care organisation failed to take adequate action to protect service staff from a potentially aggressive client with learning disabilities, despite staff being exposed to a number of violent incidents involving the individual over a 21-month period. Read More
January 16, 2012
Front-line staff, including neighbourhood officers and anti-social behaviour workers, are the focus of the first part of a new campaign by housing group Regenda to demystify health and safety for its employees. Read More
October 14, 2011
A Birmingham-based social landlord has been fined £100,000 after a man was severely scalded in a bath at a hostel, and later died in hospital from his injuries. Read More
March 21, 2011
Agriculture, quarries and health and social care are to be excluded from proactive HSE inspections, despite acknowledgement that they remain comparatively high-risk sectors, the Government confirmed today (21 March). Read More
December 22, 2010
A care-home resident died after being physically restrained in an "inappropriate and dangerous" fashion by untrained staff, a court heard. Read More
June 9, 2010
A housing provider has pleaded guilty to failing to manage the risks from legionella, a build-up of which was discovered at one of its sheltered-accommodation schemes in Essex. Read More