Health and Safety Policy

It is our policy that staff and patients should be safe and we recognise our responsibilities in regard to this.

• A risk assessment has been carried out and action taken where required. This will be reviewed on a regular basis.

• Employees and locums must co-operate to maintain safe systems of work at all times.  

• They must also take care of their own safety, that of fellow workers, patients and anyone else on the premises.

• Employees and locums must be familiar with the practice procedures and policies

Critical and Safety Incidents

• Minor incidents in the practice should be recorded in the practice diary and on the following sheet.

• Critical Incidents involving patient safety or service availability should be reported to Primary Care Trust and/or the National Patient Safety Agency and /or the Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory agency.

• NHS healthcare incidents should be reported at:

Patient Safety - NHS

• Safety issues with medicines or products should be reported at:

Medicines and Healthcare Agency