Tuesday 24th September 2013. From October 1st 2013 First aid Regulations are to be amended to reflect the fact that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will no longer be responsible for regulating first aid training within the workplace. However the legal requirement for employers to provide adequate first aid training for employees, according to first […]
Does your school or the one attended by your kids have a clear policy on the reapplication of sun cream during school hours? Is it important that it does? This article discusses the practical and policy implications of using sun cream in schools. Take a look and make sure that your school gets it right. …
1st Feb 2012: Asthma UK have launched a new online test designed to help asthma sufferers gauge whether or not they are at risk of having an attack. The online test is called Triple A: Avoid Asthma Attacks. … Online Asthma Test announced by Asthma UKRead More »
A new study released today has suggested that performing CPR to music does not help achieve the correct depth for chest compressions to be effective. Not on your Nellie! For years many of us in the UK have been taught to perform CPR in time to the tune of Nellie the Elephant as that had
The clocks have now gone back and winter is around the corner. Whilst the weather to date has been fairly mild we do not know how harsh winter will be. So before the weather turns really cold and you start using the heating and fires, service the boiler and check that chimneys and flues are
Almost 2.8 million people in the UK live with some form of diabetes. It is one of the most common illnesses that affect people and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. In addition around a million people are estimated to have the condition but are as yet undiagnosed. This week is National Diabetes week and the UK
