Contents covers:
1. Lord
Young’s report on Common Sense Common Safety 2010 and the simplification of
health and safety laws and subsequent legislation and developments.
2. Implementation
of the Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 and the first prosecution
brought under it.
3. New
Guidance from the Nursing and Midwifery Council on professional standards
4. New
Guidance from the HSE on all areas covered in the book, including health
surveillance, COSHH regulations, stress (with dedicated website for stress), violence
at work; manual handling. The HSE guide for employers in implementing
management standards. The HSE strategy for H&S in Great Britain published
in 2009. Examples of prosecutions brought by the HSE; case studies on manual
handling.
5. The
Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 which provides for higher fines and longer
sentences.
6. EU
Directives on patient safety and sharps
7. Updates
on the new Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme introduced 2008
8. New
Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency guidance, alerts, one liners and on
product incentive schemes to NHS staff.
9. New
Medical devices regulations
10. Recent
cases on Consumer Protection Act
11. Reports
from the National Patient Safety Agency and failures of NHS trusts to act on
alerts; Future changes to the NPSA.
12. Developments
within the public health sector including the Health and Social Care Act 2008
and 2010 regulations on public health and notification of diseases. Abolition
of the Health Protection Agency and establishment of a public health
service.
13. Role of Care
Quality Commission and its powers of enforcement
14. Clinical
negligence scheme for trusts and role of the NHS Litigation Authority in
standard setting for risk management
15. New manual
handling cases and upper limb disorders; prosecutions under Lifting Operations
and Lifting Equipment Regulations
16. Banning of
smoking in public places and case on smoking by patients detained in secure
accommodation; guidance from DH, NICE and RCN on smoking
17. New cases
on Whistle blowing and Public Interest Disclosure Act