The topic of emergency evacuation has been a hot one in the media over the past few weeks. Working in the industry we do, we frequently see news stories about difficult evacuations, fires in public buildings and even stories where businesses have been prosecuted for...
We recently read about an incident at a British hospital, which was forced to evacuate a building due to fire. Sadly, in the report we read, patients and visitors complained about the lack of organisation and how long it took to safely evacuate the building. The NHS...
Are you confident that your emergency evacuation plan is as robust as it needs to be? Are you confident your staff would cope and keep a clear head in a genuine crisis such as a fire? As a trainer, there is a fine line between providing effective training which...
Did you know that statistically, health and social care workers are at high risk of work-related lifting and handling injury? According to the HSE report for 2014/15 each year in the health and social care sector there are 86,000 self-reported non-fatal workplace...