Workshop Objective

By the end of this one day workshop, delegates will have a clear understanding of the legislation affecting health and safety in primary care and their responsibilities within that. Delegates will learn about the risk management process and the need for risk assessment in key areas of the work in primary care.

The key focus of the workshop will be on identifying and reducing the risks – the workshop will be highly interactive and practical with an emphasis on understanding the problem areas and action planning.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcome of this workshops are;

• The importance of health and safety in primary care
• Guidance for health and safety
• The risk management process
• Understanding the terminology
• Recording and reporting incidents
• Learning from incident information
• Risk assessment – your responsibilities
  • Workplace and Job Risk Assessment
• Display screen equipment
  • Understanding the guidance
  • Risk assessment
  • Plans for safe use
• Other Important Risk Areas
• Other hazards in the primary care workplace
  • CoSHH
  • Manual handling
  • Electricity and fire
  • Personal safety
• Action Planning

About Your Trainer

Tracy has been a Business Manager/Partner for 21 years. Prior to working in General Practice, she was an Administrator in Primary Care for 13 years. The skills and knowledge she has gained over the 21 years has stood her in good stead for sharing information with other colleagues in a Primary Care setting. She is also the Chair of a local Practice Managers Association, as well as a Training Practice Lay Visitor.