What Is COSHH, and What Does It Actually Require?
COSHH covers far more than chemicals - dusts, fumes, biological agents, and substances your own work creates. What it does not cover,…
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Workplace Risk Assessment: The Five Steps, and How Much to Write Down
A legal duty under MHSWR 1999. The five steps, why you will see three in some places, how much you actually have…
Read moreWhat Is HACCP, and Do You Actually Need a Plan?
Procedures based on HACCP principles are legally required of nearly every food business. A full HACCP plan usually is not. Article 5…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreFull 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 and Stab Wounds at Work: What to Do
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…
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