Legal Aspects of Health and Safety

Presented in a clear and concise format that makes for easy reference and understanding, this revised and updated edition covers issues that are becoming increasingly important to health professionals, managers and educators, including proposed changes to the law since Lord Young’s 2010 report Common Sense, Common Safety. Topics include crossinfection and the spread of MRSA, greater regulation of health and safety standards, stress and bullying and the laws relating to notifiable diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Illustrated with case studies throughout, this book is designed to provide a clear introduction to the laws relating to health and safety, case law and statute law, so that the health professional has a sound understanding of the law.

Keywords: Health and Safety (Act 1974), Employers and employees duties, Occupiers’ liability – visitors and trespassers, Corporate manslaughter, Consumer protection, Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH), Medical devices, Reporting of Injuries and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR), HIV/AIDS, Risk Management, Clinical Governance, Manual Handling, Stress and bullying, Violence, Smoking, Whistle blowing, Compensation