Induction Manual

• Overview
• COSHH
• RIDDOR
• Infection Control
• MRSA
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Risk Incident Reporting
• Training and Complaint Handling
• Handling Violence and Aggression
• Fire Procedures
• Fire Safety
• Manual Handling
• Lone Worker Training
• Ionising Radiation
• Calidicott Principles
• Health and Safety
• Clinical Governance
• Data Protection
• Good Medical Practice
• Useful Contacts

Fire Safety

Statutory Requirements

• The Fire Precautions Act 1971
• Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997
• Building Regulations 1991
• The Building Act 1984 (including the Building Regulations Act 1991)
• Housing Act 1985
• Management of Health and Safety atWork Regulations 1999
• Disabled Discrimination Act

Non-Statutory Requirements
The Secretary of State for Health requires all NHS Trusts to take effective precautions against fire in premises for which they are responsible. The Department of Health policy together with specialised technical guidance, which is specific to Health Service premises and produced by the Department of Health, is contained in the Fire Code documents. In this way the adequacy of fire precautionary arrangements in existing premises can be assessed against established standards. Similarly, those standards are applied to proposals for new build, refurbishment schemes, or where a property may undergo a change of use. Overall progress is monitored on behalf of the NHS Executive by Controls Assurance Standards.