Is Mental Health First Aid a Legal Requirement?
No UK law requires a mental health first aider. What HSE actually says, the stress risk-assessment duty that is legally binding, and…
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Do I Need a Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate?
No UK law requires a food hygiene qualification. What Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 actually says, why Level 2 is still expected in…
Read moreHow Many First Aiders Does My Workplace Need?
There is no legal ratio — HSE says there are no hard and fast rules on numbers. How to run a first…
Read moreHow Long Does a First Aid Certificate Last?
Three years — and HSE is clear that once a certificate expires the holder is no longer a competent workplace first aider.…
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Five Health and Safety Resolutions Worth Keeping
Five health and safety jobs that take under an hour each — starting with the walkways, because slips and trips are 30%…
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Preventing Slips and Trips in Wet and Icy Weather
Grit before the frost, not after. The controls that actually reduce winter slips — and what the law does and does not…
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Six Dangerous First Aid Myths
Six pieces of first aid folklore that are still doing the rounds, corrected against current NHS guidance — including the burns cooling…
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The Office Fridge: Temperature, Storage and Who Is Responsible
Nobody owns the office fridge, which is the problem. The right temperature, how to store things, and a policy that takes twenty…
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Spare Adrenaline Auto-Injectors in Schools
Schools in England may hold spare AAIs, but it is not compulsory and there are conditions. Who the spare can be used…
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Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke at Work
Heat exhaustion and heatstroke are not the same thing, and the difference decides what you do. The signs, the cooling steps, and…
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