Manual Handling: Legal Aspects and Practical Implications

Short course

In Bulphan

Price on request

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  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    Bulphan

This course illustrates the developing law relating to manual handling by analysing, in practical terms, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 themselves, their place in the wider context of health and safety legislation, the common law of negligence as applied to manual handling - and guidance from the Health and Safety Executive, the Royal College of Nursing/National Back Pain Association, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the College of Occupational Therapists. Suitable for: Health and social workers

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Bulphan (Essex)
North View Church Road, RM14 3RU

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Michael Mandlestam

Michael Mandlestam

MSc DipLib

Course programme

MANUAL HANDLING: LEGAL ASPECTS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

MR MICHAEL MANDLESTAM MSc DipLib

One or two day workshop

The Health and Safety Executive reports that manual handling is responsible for over 50% of work injuries by employees in the health and social work field. This is quite apart from the injuries reportedly sustained by informal carers at home. Thus, from every point of view staff, managers, employers, clients/patients, and carers - manual handling policy and practice are important matters.

This course illustrates the developing law relating to manual handling by analysing, in practical terms, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 themselves, their place in the wider context of health and safety legislation, the common law of negligence as applied to manual handling - and guidance from the Health and Safety Executive, the Royal College of Nursing/National Back Pain Association, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the College of Occupational Therapists.

In addition, risk assessments and manual handling issues affect the provision of personal assistance, equipment and adaptations under legislation such as the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (disabled facilities grants). A further related set of complex issues arise around a) the making by social services of direct payments (under the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996) to service users; and b) the contracting out of personal assistance/care services by local authorities to private agencies.

The course considers all of the above, and explores in particular the relationship between lawful practice and professional good practice. It is fully participative, includes group work and ample time for questions and discussion, avoids legal jargon and deals with law in the context of everyday practice.

Manual Handling: Legal Aspects and Practical Implications

Price on request