Health and safety

The Trust continues to set the highest standards of health and safety through its Health and Safety Strategy for all staff in the workplace, members of the public, patients and service users and others who come into the organisation.

By signing the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) pledge in 2010, the Trust acknowledges its responsibilities under the NHS constitution towards health, wellbeing and safety of its staff, service users and the public.

The Trust has a management group, consisting of managers and staff side representatives from across the organisation, which facilitates health and safety implementation and planning. The group meets on a regular basis and provides the Board of Directors with reports on health and safety issues and performance during the year.

Health and safety forms part of the Trust’s mandatory annual e-learning training programme for all staff, with new staff also required to complete health and safety training during their induction.

It is a key priority of the Trust to ensure that health and safety is fully embedded into the operational management responsibilities for all services, supported by effective working relationships between operational staff, health and safety officers and estates functions. 

  During the reporting period, there were a total of six incidents reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) to the HSE. These were all investigated internally, and appropriate measures put in place to prevent incidents of a similar nature recurring. None of the incidents reported led to any further action being taken by the HSE.