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Networker Liverpool.

Date: 5th April 2017.

Venue: St. Georges Hall, Liverpool.

Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm.

Directions& Provisional Programme:

Meet colleagues over a light lunch provided

for Networking.

There is NO CHARGE to attend & is

open to Members and non member

colleagues.

Our lowest booking charge ever!!

Speakers/topics. Safer Needles Network. ‘”hear about it. Focus on safer use of sharps, avoiding needle stick injuries “

Fire Safety in Care home Donwell House, care home fire – “hear the details and see the pictures behind the headlines of a £380,000 fine”

Social Media “It’s relationship with Health and Safety” A-Z Health and Safety Q &A “Opportunity to check you are up to speed on your day to day working practices “

Book here - 10 days to go.

SAFETY IN CARE AWARDS 2017.www.nashics.org

With four successful years of awards under our belt, we are

pleased to announce that this year’s awards are now open

– with three extensive categories on offer - Best Practice,

Learning & Training, Individual of the year – something for everyone.

Do you know someone whose dedication deserves recognition?

Nominate them now for a Safety in Care Award. HH

How to ENTER Sponsored by

National Health and Safety Conference for Social Care. 12th and 13th September Hellidon Lakes Hotel and Spa.

Draft Programme, Confirmed Speakers, Reservations.

Details next Month.

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Disabled parking legislation to be examined by committee. Has legislation aimed at tackling the misuse of disabled parking places been effective? This is one of the ques-tions Local Government & Communities Committee will ask as it launches an investigation into the Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009.

The Act, was aimed at stopping disabled parking spaces being used by those not entitled to use them. Whilst enforcement action can be taken against non-blue badge holders who park in a disabled persons’ place, some local authorities rely on the goodwill of drivers not to park in what is known as ‘advisory parking places’.

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Member is seeking your help. I am wondering if you can help- My company is currently looking to procure an on-line Care Management System to include rota management.. Could you contact other members to share knowledge and experience of systems they might be using? Saint John of God Hospitaller services currently provides: Nursing services - Residential - Support Living - Sup-ported Housing - Domiciliary Care For People with physical/Mental disabilities and elderly. Thank you in anticipation of your support and help in this matter. Kindest regards Carol Marley Quality & Safety Manager Tel: 01325 373739 Mobile: 07717366977

email CarolMarley@sjog.org.uk

Draft National Dementia Strategy. Summary. We are seeking your views on developing and implementing a national dementia strategy, Together for a Dementia Friendly Wales 2017 – 2022. Consultation End Date. 3 April 2017.

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CQC announces fee increases. The CQC has outlined the fees that providers of health and adult social care in England will be charged from April 2017 to recover the costs of their regulation. Amounts that providers will pay depends on the type of health or social care they offer, as well as how close their sector is already to meeting the chargeable cost of their regulation in full. Examples of the changes provid-ers can expect to fees in 2017/18 include:

More http://tinyurl.com/m9wmbtz

People with dementia and learning difficulties detained in care without checks due to “failing” law – Law Commission. Thousands of vulnerable people with dementia and learning disabilities are being detained in hospitals and care homes without the appropriate checks, due to a law unfit for purpose. In a new report published today, the Law Commission has offered its recommendations on reform to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – proposing a new system designed to ensure that vulnerable people are no longer denied their rights.

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Outstanding Quality of Care. The CQC has found the quality of care provided by Brookside care home in Melksham Wiltshire as outstanding following an inspection in November 2016. The home is run by the Orders of St. Johns Trust.

******** Home Instead Senior Care, Farnborough, Hampshire, to be Outstanding for being caring and well-led and Good for being safe, effective & responsive to people’s needs. following an inspection in December 2016. **********

Gracewell at Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, to be Outstanding for being caring and well-led and Good for being safe, effective and responsive to people’s needs. following an inspection in January 2017.

Inadequate Quality of Care. The CQC has found the quality of care provided by Rosecroft Residential Care Home in Plaistow Lane. Inspectors were called in January 2017 after con-cerns were about the treatment of people living in the home. Those concerns are currently being investigated by the police. Provider is C.N.V. Limited,

Care firms have cancelled contracts with 95 UK councils, saying they cannot deliver services for the amount they are being paid, a BBC Panorama

investigation has found. Some firms said they could not recruit or retain the staff they needed.

Care for older people. Research has shown that older people are less likely to complain about services and less aware of the differ-ent ways they can share their views.

However we also know that older people are the most regular users of health services. Two out of three peo-ple admitted to hospital and 70 per cent of hospital emergency beds are taken by those aged 65 and over. It's vital that the voices of our growing elderly popula-tion are heard.

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New Guidance about our commitment to promote & uphold the rights of people who use care &support services. How we ensure that people's rights are at the heart of the way we inspect We have produced guidance which outlines what we expect and what is not acceptable for people who use care and support services.

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Care worker imprisoned after the death of service user. A care worker at Springwood Day Centre, has been sentenced after the death of a service user. The Nottingham Crown Court heard how a group of service users from the day centre, had been on a trip to Kings Mill Reservoir. The care worker who at the time was supposed to be providing one to one supervision, lost sight of the service us-er, who drowned when he suffered an epileptic seizure around the time that he fell into the reservoir.

A joint investigation by the HSE and Nottinghamshire Police found that the care worker spent a significant amount of time on her mobile phone instead of giving her full attention to the service user while walking with him around the reservoir.

The care worker pleaded guilty to breaching section 7(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and has been sen-tenced to four months imprisonment With the increase of use of both personal and work mobile phones Has the organisation made sure all staff have instructions that personal phones must not be used whilst at work – written permission must be obtained if they are required (e.g. family member may require urgent contact etc) in which case this must be risk assessed…? Manage the Access.

More> http://tinyurl.com/k8xz58k

Check who is to remove Asbestos.

Two incidents. 1. A demolition contractor has been sentenced after ad-mitting illegally removing asbestos from a building he was working on.

Was found to have ignored an asbestos survey while demolishing the former Oakbank Training Centre in Chadderton, Oldham. The Court also heard he failed to prevent exposure to asbestos to workers & others on site.

David William Briggs of Wellington Street, Bury, plead-ed guilty at Manchester Magistrates’ to breaching Sec-tion 2(1) & Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Regulations 8 (1) and 16 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and was sentenced to 24 weeks imprisonment.

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2. Enviro-Safe Limited fined for failing to meet the standards required when removing asbestos.

The Court heard how the company failed to protect their employees from the spread of asbestos fibres dur-ing the removal work at separate projects and exposed them to the risk of developing a form of cancer related to asbestos (Carcinogen).

Fined £16,000 and costs of £7731.13

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London council fined after school injury. Islington Borough Council has been sentenced after admitting a role in an incident where a boy was left with serious hand injuries. Crown Court heard that a twelve year old schoolboy was in a design and technology class making animal shapes out of plywood. The class used hand saws and some were using a belt sanding machine. The court heard the schoolboy was using the machine for the first time, along with fellow pupils. They were shown how to use it by a fellow pupil and none knew the purpose of the metal guard for the sanding belt which was in a raised position.

Fined £200,000 and full costs of £19,865.

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Care home fined after boy drowned in a disused quarry. A Kettering based care home company has been fined after a 16-year-old boy drowned at a disused quarry. The two boys went into the water at the pits despite the no swimming signs. One became trapped in weed on the bottom of the pit and drowned. His body was recovered later.

An investigation by the HSE in July 2013 found the two residential support workers who accompanied the boys had very little experience and did not attempt to prevent the children entering the water.

No risk assessment was carried out prior to the trip and Castle Homes’ procedures were ineffective in ensuring the safety of the children while on trips outside of the home.

Castle Homes Ltd, Kettering, was fined £80,000 and costs of £20,000.

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Prosecution against Liverpool care home. A care provider that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment CQC brought the prosecution against the owners of Mossley Manor Care Home in Liverpool, following 14 offences including failing to provide safe care and treat-ment resulting in residents being exposed to significant risk of avoidable harm, failure to notify CQC of the deaths of ten residents, and failure to notify us of three serious incidents. The providers were fined £60,000 for failing to provide safe care and treatment and £20,800 for the 13 offenc-es of failing to notify us of deaths and serious incidents. They were also ordered to pay the prosecution costs of £1509.72 and a £120 victim surcharge.

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High Court order sets out terms of HSE’s new FFI appeals process. The HSE has been forced to dramatically overhaul its procedure for appealing against Fee for Intervention bills, agreeing for the first time to disclose its evidence and reasoning to dutyholders, and to appoint a new ad-judication panel of independent experts .

Details > http://tinyurl.com/lrls2ln

National Executive Committee. 2017 sees the Election of Members to the National Ex-

ecutive Committee.

Nomination requests for the 6 posts have now been

sent to you. Elections will be held during April.

Period of office is for two year commencing in June

2017 - 2019.

The success of the Association relies on those

members who have the expertise, experience & concern

for Safety & Health in Care Services and are willing to

commit a few hours during the year to NASHiCS.

Your ideas are crucial to the Association.

- I t s e a s y b u t i mp o r t a n t . P lease send in you r no mina t ion rep ly b y F r ida y 7 th Ap r i l 2017

Annual General Meeting 2017.

This event is upon us again and a reminder that you

were sent notification concerning this meeting for

Members.

The AGM will be held (4:00pm) after the Networker in

Liverpool so that you will have a full afternoon session.

The Administrator will be requesting you to indicate if you

plan to attend and if not you will be asked to return a

proxy form.

The Proxy form is needed to enable the AGM to be

held and the appropriate votes taken.

So please email.

administrator@nashics.org

if you have not already done so.

Thanks.

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Date for your diary.

National Health and Safety Conference for Social Care 2017. September 12th-13th for the National Health & Safety Conference,

Reservations will open shortly. Full package and Individual Elements of the event may be booked.

Sponsor? Contact National Chair discuss options to promote large or small packages whilst supporting NASHiCS Key Sponsor packages are full. Exhibitor packages 2 available. Other packages are available.

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Additional grades of membership proposed.

At its last meeting in January it was finally agreed that two new grades would be offered during the coming year.

Those of Individual Associate Membership and Retired Membership. Details were sent out with the AGM notification and voting will take place on the acceptance of the Constitution changes.

Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty This project is complete. The final report and draft Bill were published on 13 March 2017. We are awaiting a response from the Government. The project was a review of the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

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National Executive.

National Health and Social Care Workforce Planning: Discussion Document. To ensure we have the right staff for our health and care services now and in the future we will

shortly publish a new draft National Work-force Plan. This will outline a range of workforce planning improvements required to deliver enhanced primary and secondary care in

Scotland. http://tinyurl.com/kqbjrhn

How to secure care Homes and their residents in the 21st century.

The solution is wireless, user-friendly and already in residences all over Europe Care homes present many unique security challenges. Above all, a residence needs to feel like an open, welcom-

ing space. It must work for the resident, and provide a pleasant environment to greet family and other visitors. It

should be a home, in every sense.

The solution? - is wireless access control !!

More > http://tinyurl.com/kbj6xqt More info on Smart Air http://tinyurl.com/ly3b96s

Promoting mental wellbeing at work over-view. NICE Pathways are interactive and designed to be used online. They are updated regularly as new NICE guidance is published. To view the latest March 2017 version of this pathway see:

http://tinyurl.com/m2caufk

Workplace health: policy & management

practices overview. This NICE document contains a single pathway diagram and uses numbering to link the boxes to the associated recommendations. http://tinyurl.com/ltoe7xg

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Care Home Security & Access Assessments - Reducing the Risk of Falls & of Residents Leaving the Site. The article refers to security arrangements to put in to place re: access to stairs etc in older peoples care homes (following the recent court case). The residents of Care Homes are often frail and elderly and may suffer from neurological impairments such as dementia, resulting in them being unable to recognise the risk of harm associated with falling down stairs or ac-cessing unsafe and unfamiliar external areas.

Our thanks to Adrian Gouldin from Marpal who supplies us with another article following a number of site surveys/assessments for a care home group. Its now a hot topic…….

The article >http://tinyurl.com/nxzbcsj

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and are not presented as those of NASHICS.

Case 351 - Council would not supply gar-deners with sun screen in case they were allergic. Issue A council would not supply their gardeners with sun screen during hot weather as it was a health and safety issue as someone may be allergic.

Panel opinion The council is not obliged to provide sun screen to out-door workers, but there is nothing under health and safe-ty law to prevent it doing so. HSE encourages employers to provide advice on sun protection for those who work outside for most of the day including using sun screen to prevent long term health damage

Workshop in progress: asset-mapping and why it can help build communities. A workshop on asset-mapping’ wasn’t the snappiest title, confesses Pamela Holmes, Practice Develop-ment Manager at the Social Care Institute for Excel-lence (SCIE) ‘However, the event saw so much ener-gy, information and engagement that it put a spring in the step of the most hardened cynic.'

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The interactive fire door: the essential visual guide to meeting your legal obligations. Check out the interactive visualisation of what an effec-tive fire door needs to comply with relevant standards and regulations. Just hover your cursor over the light-bulb icons in the interactive picture to find out more about each compo-nent of a legally compliant, well-installed fire door.

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Care Home open day 16th June 2017

Congratulations are in order.

We have been informed that David Coleman (CMIOSH) (MIFSM) who is a Safety Consultant for Arden Health and Safety, Leamington Spa has just completed his first year as a Skills for Care Registered Provider (the only health and safety company in the UK to hold this status)

He has also recently been awarded the Skills for Care Approved Programme status for a Health & Safety for Care Managers course he has developed. There is only one other Skills for Care Approved Programme in the UK which covers the Care Certificate.

David is a member of NASHiCS and we send him our congratulations on the achievements.

What can you expect from a good care

home? CQC article.

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What can you expect from a good Home

Care Agency? CQC article.

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