First Aid

The following article draws on information from the www.hse.gov.uk website. It is to provide general guidance. You should seek professional advice for specific situations.

The Health & Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require you to provide "adequate and appropriate” equipment, facilities and personnel to enable first aid to be given to your employees if they are injured or become ill at work. What is adequate and appropriate will depend on the circumstances in your workplace and you should assess what your first aid needs are.

The minimum first-aid provision on any work site is:

• a suitably stocked first-aid box
• an appointed, trained person to take charge of first-aid, including providing emergency care, calling an ambulance if required, restocking the first-aid box.

It is also important to remember that accidents can happen at any time. First-aid provision needs to be available at all times people are at work.

Detailed information is available from the Health and Safety website.