Health and Safety Policy
Purpose of this policy
The purpose of the policy is to detail the management of health and safety of the workforce within the workplace of the NHS Confederation.
*In the following sections the Health and Safety policy of the individual sites Landlord may be applicable, in this situation their policy will override this policy.
- First aid
- Fire Safety
- Proactive Monitoring
- Reactive Monitoring
- Management of Risk
Scope
This policy applies to everyone working at or with the NHS Confederation.
It applies to:
- all staff, including chief executives, directors, senior managers, employees (whether permanent, fixed-term or temporary), seconded staff, homeworkers, agency workers and volunteers
- consultants and contractors
- trustees and committee members.
Any employing or contracting manager must ensure that all temporary staff, consultants, or contractors are aware of this policy.
By the NHS Confederation we mean the NHS Confederation charity, any subsidiary companies and any hosted networked organisation.
The NHS Confederation has designated the Johnas the individual who is responsible for ensuring that the NHS Confederation implements this policy.
[This policy should be read in conjunction with the organisation’s Home Working Policy, Agile Working Policy, and GDPR Policy.]
