The 14 Allergens, and What You Actually Have to Do About Them
The list is on every wall chart; the obligations are harder to find. What the law requires for prepacked, PPDS and non-prepacked…
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Full or Emergency Paediatric First Aid: Which One Do You Need?
The 6-hour course is half the time off the floor, so it is a fair question whether it will do. The answer…
Read morePaediatric First Aid Requirements: What EYFS Actually Says
One current full PFA certificate holder on the premises at all times children are present, renewed every three years, with the emergency…
Read moreLife-Threatening Bleeding at Work: What HSE Expects and What to Have
No law requires a bleed control kit or a tourniquet. What HSE changed in 2024, which sectors it names, what the Resuscitation…
Read moreWorkplace First Aid Kit Requirements: What the Law Says, and What BS 8599 Adds
The kit is a legal requirement; its contents are not. What HSE actually suggests, why no kit is 'HSE approved', what the…
Read moreFirst Aid Needs Assessment: How to Do One, With a Template You Can Use
There is no legal form and no duty to write it down, but a written assessment is how you show the provision…
Read moreIs 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…
Read moreDo 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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